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I cable detection is not working for you, how can we check if disable button should be shown? (As I understand you enable/disable button is redundant with disconnected cable)

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Cable detection is working: connecting cable to video input -> tvout automatically turns on -> I see image in TV
/sys/.../nokia-av/detect is not working or unreliable -> always 3
Because cable detection is working but nokia-av/detect==3 -> there is another way to detect cable
Sollution is in tvout desktop applet: connecting cable to video input -> applet "on/off" button automatically changes to on. Why?
(Hope you understand now)
That is correct.

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Xorg driver change Xv tvout enable attribute automatically (when tvout cable is plugin/unplugged). "Old" tvout desktop widget listening for Xv attributes changes so it update button text ON/OFF.

Auto enable/disable tvout output is done by Xorg driver (not software, daemon or tvout widget).

Status menu plugin using same code for Xv attributes, so it should update gconf key when Xorg driver disable tvout output. Desktop widget now monitor only gconf keys, so if you did not see that button ON/OFF changed, there is problem in status menu widget...


I think that in status menu widget is some race condition (and that is maybe reason why is not working):

Xv enable attrbite was changed --> run callback function which should update gconf key

and when gconf key is changed --> run callback function which should update Xv attributes (and Xorg driver will enable/disable output)

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Can't agree, and please, don't even think about it.

N900 turns tv-out automatically, when a resistance of ~75 Ohm is detected, between appropriate pins of jack socket. Particularly, it's result of it detecting such resistance on plug, due to it being connected to composite video in of TV - resistance there *should* be 75 Ohm.

Ho ever, many TV's - especially new ones - doesn't follow rule of 75 Ohm (it was technical reason, not a rule of thumb - some part got such resistance in older TV's), and, in "worse" cases (at least for our device), it doesn't enable composite in (and such 75 Ohm resistance), unless it detect signal.

At the same time, N900 doesn't enable signal, until it gets 75 Ohm. So, both devices are waiting forever for each other. In times before TV-Out control widget, one need to prepare special cable, with 75 Ohm resistor bundled inside, and switch, to "cheat" N900 into detecting 75 Ohm, and quickly turn switch, so TV detect signal - and hope, that it will be detected by N900, again, before it disables signal "thinking", that TV cable isn't connected.

So, with all due respect, ideas of disabling manual control over TV-Out, should be fought with fire. I don't care about noobs messing up in their control panel - if someone doesn't understand basic things, he/she got enough things inside controls, to f*** everything this way or another. If someone doesn't feel confident with changing settings, let them stay away from control panel.

At the same time, I doesn't have anything against removing on/off from desktop widget - little inconvenient, but, if it's available from CP, it's ok.

/Estel

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Ok, if you are going to be that angry, I'll admit "octopus" as pet :D
Let's the control panel have the option to force enable the tv out. But it should be made clear that is an override, so instead of "[] Enable" it should read "[] Force enable" or "[] Manually turn on" or something like that, so at least intelligent noobs understand that they are screwing something.

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Ok, understood.
Your desktop widget works. Button changes. Gconf key is updated.

status menu widget is not shown

This works
This works too.

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have the same problem!! Reboot and removing of the app didn't work:( What should I do?!

What have i to do to see my apps in status bar again?! :confused:

pls help me


EDIT:

Ok it works.:cool: I restarted my phone about 5 times... :)

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There seems to be a bug with scaling. Scale > 93%, picture disappear totally. Tested via control panel setup.
Tested with 2 TV sets.

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This is problem in Xorg driver, not in plugins...

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If you have any uninstall problems, you could try to shutdown device, wait some minutes and power on again.