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   From: William Witt    
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   Subject: Re: Just installed 6.06 and want to enable TV out   
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   dave wrote:   
   > Dual boot install with XP went perfectly today.   
   >    
   > I have a 8500LE Ati card with s-video out that I    
   > have been using with XP to watch videos on the TV.   
   >    
   > How do I see what ati driver is currently installed   
   > on the ubuntu system? I'm thinking I will have to   
   > upgrade it to get the s-video to work. After searching   
   > for solutions, I realize it may be a bit of a    
   > challenge for me so any help with this would be   
   > much appreciated.   
   > This is my first experience with linux.    
   > Thank you   
   > Dave   
   >     
      
   The default driver is the open source driver.  If you want full use of    
   the card's hardware (3d acceleration, etc) you have to install the    
   proprietary driver.  Google searching for "ubuntu dapper ati driver"    
   turned up   
   http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Dapper_Installation_Guide   
      
   Getting the TV out to work may be harder (I use NVidia so can't help too    
   much there) getting dual head set ups to work properly seems to be more    
   of a struggle.  It took manually editing my xorg.conf to get my setup    
   working.  It seems like ATI has some configuration software that might    
   help though.   
      
   Will   
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