gatos.conf (1)

The Gatos library use a configuration file called gatos.conf for its initialization. It can be found at /etc/gatos.conf.

They are some keywords described below:

videoram <value>

Specify the FULL amount of video RAM on your card, value is in kilobytes. This is optional, as Gatos will autodetect this if it is not present.

buffermem <value>

Specify the amount of video RAM you've reserved for GATOS (see also XF86Config.sample), value is in kilobytes. This parameter is NOT optional.

format <format>

Specify the format used in your area. This is optional as Gatos will autodetect this if it is not present.

For formats available, see below:

  1   NTSC-M         : US and many others
  2   NTSC-Japan     : Japan
  3   PAL-B          : Many (Europe)
  3   PAL-D          : China
  3   PAL-G          : Many (Europe)
  3   PAL-H          : Belgium
  3   PAL-I          : Great Britain and others
  4   PAL-M          : Brazil (NTSC-like PAL format)
  5   PAL-N          : Paraguay, Uruguay
  6   SECAM          : East Europe, France, Middle East
  7   PAL-Ncomb      : Argentina

i2c_mode <mode>

Specify the I2C mode if automatic detection fails. This keyword is commented by default and should only be used if Gatos fails to initialize.

For modes available, see below:

  1   : Register type A: DAC_CNTL+GEN_TEST_CNTL Registers
  2   : Register type B: GP_IO Register
  3   : Rage PRO interface (I2C_CNTL_{0,1} registers)
  4   : Register type LG: GP_IO Register
  5   : MPP/ImpacTV interface

gatos, gatos-conf, atitv, atisplit, atitogif, atitojpg, atitoppm, xatitv, yuvsum, scanpci.

Refer to the gatos manual page.