You can test using my packages or patches : [[apt]]

==== ToDo ====

  * https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12007
  * https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/161893
  * http://bugs.debian.org/481748
  * http://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=11136#bug.jpg
  * http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/amilo/message/1034
  * http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4989835#post4989835
  * http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?pid=2260345#p2260345
  * https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati
  * http://packages.qa.debian.org/x/xserver-xorg-video-ati.html
  * [[RedHat]] : https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465607


===== news =====

  * 2014-05-02 : regression http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2144402&p=13011135#post13011135
  * 2010-04-05 : closing http://bugs.debian.org/481748
  * 2008-11-14 : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/161893/comments/14


===== info =====

  * http://www.x.org/wiki/radeonTV
  * http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Xorg_RandR_1.2
  * http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/proto/randrproto.git;f=randrproto.txt;a=blob


==== upstream ====

@tag: [[xserver-xorg-video-ati]]

  * http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati.git;a=shortlog
  * http://www.x.org/wiki/RadeonTVbuildHowto

  git-clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati 
  cd xf86-video-ati  && ./autogen.sh --prefix=/tmp/usr && make && sudo make install
  # ./configure: line 20682: syntax error near unexpected token `XINERAMA,'
  sudo aptitude install xserver-xorg-dev
  # No package 'xf86miscproto' found
  sudo aptitude install xorg-dev

  ... TBC

  sudo aptitude  install -t experimental xserver-xorg-video-ati

  * http://www.botchco.com/agd5f/
  * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/openweekhardy/ImproveX

==== ubuntu ====

  * https://launchpad.net/~tormodvolden/+archive
  * http://ppa.launchpad.net/tormodvolden/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xserver-xorg-video-ati/?C=M;O=D
  * http://people.ubuntu.com/~bryce/bisect/
  * https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers 

==== dump ====

  sudo aptitude install git-core cmake libpciaccess-dev vbetool
  git clone git://people.freedesktop.org/~glisse/radeondump
  cd radeondump 
  wget http://www.botchco.com/alex/xorg/fixpll_radeondump.diff
  patch -p1 < fixpll_radeondump.diff
  cmake . && make
  sudo invoke-rc.d gdm stop
  su -c "sudo vbetest -m 800x600 & sleep 1 && sudo ./radeondump -d ati-out.txt"

==== radeontool ====

libpciaccess-dev
  * http://packages.qa.debian.org/r/radeontool.html

  git-clone git://cgit.freedesktop.org/~airlied/radeontool




==== xrandr ====

  xrandr
  # S-video disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
  xrandr --output S-video --set load_detection 1
  xrandr 
  # S-video connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
  # 800x600        59.9 +   60.3  
  xrandr --addmode S-video 800x600
  xrandr --output S-video --mode 800x600
  xrandr --verbose --prop
  xrandr --output S-video --set tv_standard pal

  S-video connected 800x600+0+0 (0x52) normal (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
	Identifier: 0x4e
	Timestamp:  118020
	Subpixel:   no subpixels
	Clones:    
	CRTC:       1
	CRTCs:      0 1
		tv_standard: pal
	tv_vertical_position: 5 (0x00000005) range:  (-5,5)
	tv_horizontal_position: -5 (0xfffffffb) range:  (-5,5)
	tv_horizontal_size: 5 (0x00000005) range:  (-5,5)
	load_detection: 1 (0x00000001) range:  (0,1)
  800x600 (0x52)   38.2MHz -HSync +VSync
        h: width   800 start  832 end  912 total 1024 skew    0 clock   37.4KHz
        v: height  600 start  603 end  607 total  624           clock   59.9Hz
  800x600 (0x51)   40.0MHz +HSync +VSync
        h: width   800 start  840 end  968 total 1056 skew    0 clock   37.9KHz
        v: height  600 start  601 end  605 total  628           clock   60.3Hz

==== ERROR =====

<code>
xrandr --output S-video --set load_detection 1
X Error of failed request:  BadName (named color or font does not exist)
  Major opcode of failed request:  140 (RANDR)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  11 (RRQueryOutputProperty)
  Serial number of failed request:  29
  Current serial number in output stream:  29
</code>



==== downgrade ====

  deb http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2008/01/01/debian testing main contrib non-free

  sudo aptitude install xserver-xorg-video-ati=1:6.6.3-2 && sudo aptitude hold xserver-xorg-video-ati

  * http://bugs.debian.org/443584
  * http://snapshot.debian.net/package/xserver-xorg-video-ati

 echo "deb http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/$(date +%Y)/$(date +%m)/$(date +%d)/debian unstable main contrib non-free"

  xrandr --addmode VGA-0 1024x768
  xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1024x768


=== misc ===

  * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config
  * https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers
  * http://people.debian.org/~terpstra/message/20080309.130820.2e8a6399.en.html
  * http://sourceforge.net/projects/lrmi
  * http://www.x.org/wiki/News

===== MORE =====

@TaG: [[vbe]] [[atitvout]] [[xserver-xorg-video-ati]] [[xorg]] TvOut