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Originally posted by molar View Posthow can I apply the patch? I can't see it in Ubuntu package update.
You can try a new kernel containing this patch for Ubuntu from kernel-ppa:
But be careful - I've tried 2.6.34-rc5 (the first one containing this patch) and it didn't boot for me, but you'll always can select old working kernel at grub/grub2 bootloader in case of problems.
Applying patches for kernel is not so trivial - you'll need some kernel compilation knowledge first to not break the system boot.
If you really need such kernel (default Ubuntu 2.6.32+33drm + this patch and some others helpfull with S-Video from 2.6.34-rc5) I can recompile it again and put it somewhere for download when I'll find some time (but not yet today - kernel compilation takes few hours at my machine).
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Ubuntu developers decided that this patch wont be included in Lucid
You can try a new kernel containing this patch for Ubuntu from kernel-ppa:
But be careful - I've tried 2.6.34-rc5 (the first one containing this patch) and it didn't boot for me, but you'll always can select old working kernel at grub/grub2 bootloader in case of problems.
If you really need such kernel (default Ubuntu 2.6.32+33drm + this patch and some others helpful with S-Video from 2.6.34-rc5) I can recompile it again and put it somewhere for download when I'll find some time (but not yet today - kernel compilation takes few hours at my machine).
thx again for all the help.
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Originally posted by molar View Postwhere can I see this decision, does it say when it will be available? what is the time line for kernel updates to lucid. I can see the time line for new versions, but not for just kernel updates.
Originally posted by molar View Postcan you point me to instructions on how to replace the kernel, all I can find is how to recompile a new one.
Originally posted by molar View PostThank you so much for your kind offer! it really depends on the time line for the Ubuntu team to offer an updated kernel for lucid. if it's going to take a while and you can compile it, that will be great. if it going to be something that is a matter of a days/week than i think it's not worth the trouble. it will be very useful to me and I believe to many others as well.
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xeros, thank for the help and patience.
anyway, I want through and installed the 34.rc7 kernel and the s-video worked fine. System booted normally. there were some quirks with the compiz effects, and the video was darker than what I used too.
anyway for the time being, I've decided to go back to 9.10, until everything will be sorted out in 10.04. Don't see so much difference anyway.
I'm trying to get the video overlay to show in full screen only on the TV, and not on the desktop. it's called "theater mode" in the proprietary ATI driver. do you know by any chance if this can be done?
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Originally posted by molar View Postxeros, thank for the help and patience.
anyway, I want through and installed the 34.rc7 kernel and the s-video worked fine. System booted normally. there were some quirks with the compiz effects, and the video was darker than what I used too.
Originally posted by molar View Postanyway for the time being, I've decided to go back to 9.10, until everything will be sorted out in 10.04. Don't see so much difference anyway.
Amd64 version is already done and i386 will be ready in maybe a 30 minutes.
Originally posted by molar View PostI'm trying to get the video overlay to show in full screen only on the TV, and not on the desktop. it's called "theater mode" in the proprietary ATI driver. do you know by any chance if this can be done?
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Originally posted by molar View Postnoob question: isn't installing the patched driver will interfere with future updates? support and so on?
how can I get to your ppa?
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xeros/xeros-test
$ sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6.32-22xeros-generic linux-headers-2.6.32-22xeros-generic
and reboot.
i386 packages are now built, too.
I'm testing it right now...
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Xeros, thank you again for the effort. I'll give a try also later on. I trying still to figure out the S-video options, as this a major issue for me. I want to output only video to the TV, and leave the desktop as usual . all the options I've tried to far with xvattr are not working.
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Originally posted by molar View PostXeros, thank you again for the effort. I'll give a try also later on. I trying still to figure out the S-video options, as this a major issue for me. I want to output only video to the TV, and leave the desktop as usual . all the options I've tried to far with xvattr are not working.
And regarding yours problem with video on TV maybe take a look at zaphod mode (it should be working now: http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20384). Maybe it could help you.
I've just tested simmilar thing (as workaround for yours problem) with KDE with two displays (S-video below of LCD) and without any options to configure I've just moved video player window to second screen and pressed fullscreen button - it worked that way without any xvattr changes and I could use keyboard and mouse with other applications on LCD. I'm not sure how it would work in Gnome.
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