On Tue, 2008-09-09 at 10:42 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 18:38:57 -0700, consultores1 wrote: > > hello > > > > I am using 1 portatil compaq presario 3000 amd64x2, it has 1 nvidia > > geforce 6150 go video card; with lenny, i want to connect my laptop to > > my tv, but i can not do that because in my understanding i have to > > install the free nvidia module or the private module! > > > > The thing is, that the free module doesn't appear during the updates, > > and my preference is using only free software. > > The package with the free driver is called xserver-xorg-video-nv; it is > available in Lenny/main in version 1:2.1.10-1. You should see it listed > if you run: > > apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-nv > > If this package is not available to you then something is wrong with > your mirror. > > If you have the package installed you can run > > grep /drivers/ /var/log/Xorg.0.log > > after you start Xorg to find out which driver was loaded. For the nv > driver you should see this output: > > (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nv_drv.so
Yes, it is exact; it is installed and loaded! Now, how can i activate the 2nd screen (tv)? I have a s-video cable which i usually used with XP. I use Totem. > > > Could someone please, tell me how could i connect my laptop to tv > > appropiatelly? > > This should work via xrandr now; see the Debian wiki for more info: > > http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 > > -- > Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer > Florian | > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
