This weekend, I finally got the tv-out working under linux (Ubuntu 7.10 aka gusty gibbon) on my laptop. Here's what was involved, including some of the (time consuming) red herrings involved in gettin…

Howto prevent ubuntu locking the screen when closing the laptop lid. Thanks to jrib in irc://freenode.net/#ubuntu for this one. Run gconf-editor (with alt+F2) Go to or search for /desktop/gnome/lo…