I erased Salix and put Win98 just to test if tv-out is fully functional for my laptop.
And it is... Just after installing the GPU drivers and without any configuration.
The tv-out displays a clone of my (1024x768) desktop to TV at the same time...
The system is pretty fast, and with mpc and xnview i ...

http://salixos.org/wiki/index.php/Special:Search?search=ati&go=Seite
I think that ati does not support the GPU on my laptop with the drivers listed there.
My laptop is from 2000 and uses ati rage mobility version 5.00.2195.5026 drivers for Win98.
Do you really think that these could work?
If yes ...

No, the output is not cropped, and with an RCA cable attached to my TV, the output of xrandr is exactly the same.
TV-OUT with Linux in general, seems a very difficult task with that laptop (according to my experiences with other distros).
I' ll try to install win98 to it, just to make sure i' m not ...

I'm back again from the laptop this time...
xrandr gives out:
root[~]# xrandr
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 175, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 768
default connected 1024x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1024x768 87.0 85.0 75.0 70.0 60.0* 81.0
832x624 75.0 ...

First of all thanks for the replies...
I'll post the output of xrandr when i connect via my laptop.
But from what i can recall from memory i'm getting an error about gamma or something.
I'm not a xrandr, randr, arandr expert, so any specific help about it will be much appreciated.
As a general ...

Hello to everyone!!!
This is not a Salix problem, but a problem with every Linux distro i have tested so far.
I recently tested Salix and i liked the speed of it. So i decided to go Salix with my old
Compaq Armada M700 laptop. I also liked the speed of Zenwalk but i couldnt register
to their forum ...