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okcancel at yahoo

Dec 5, 2010, 4:19 AM

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make myth use the 2nd monitor on a dual-screen desktop

This Ubuntu desktop has 2 monitors connected to the video card.
1st is a 21 inch flat screen.
2nd is a 15 inch CRT screen.

Before installing Myth on this desktop,
I was wondering how you would make Myth always use
the 2nd (CRT) so that when the Myth frontend runs
it always starts and stays on the CRT screen.




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jyavenard at gmail

Dec 5, 2010, 4:55 AM

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Re: make myth use the 2nd monitor on a dual-screen desktop [In reply to]

On 5 December 2010 23:19, okcancel <okcancel [at] yahoo> wrote:
> This Ubuntu desktop has 2 monitors connected to the video card.
> 1st is a 21 inch flat screen.
> 2nd is a 15 inch CRT screen.
>
> Before installing Myth on this desktop,
> I was wondering how you would make Myth always use
> the 2nd (CRT) so that when the Myth frontend runs
> it always starts and stays on the CRT screen.

Very simple.

start mythfrontend with:
DISPLAY=:0.1 mythfrontend

or whatever your DISPLAY is for your screen.
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eric at lisaneric

Dec 5, 2010, 5:45 AM

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Re: make myth use the 2nd monitor on a dual-screen desktop [In reply to]

On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 7:55 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard [at] gmail> wrote:
> On 5 December 2010 23:19, okcancel <okcancel [at] yahoo> wrote:
>> This Ubuntu desktop has 2 monitors connected to the video card.
>> 1st is a 21 inch flat screen.
>> 2nd is a 15 inch CRT screen.
>>
>> Before installing Myth on this desktop,
>> I was wondering how you would make Myth always use
>> the 2nd (CRT) so that when the Myth frontend runs
>> it always starts and stays on the CRT screen.
>
> Very simple.
>
> start mythfrontend with:
> DISPLAY=:0.1 mythfrontend
>
> or whatever your DISPLAY is for your screen.

That won't always work. It depends on how X is configured. What
should always work is starting mythfrontend with the -geometry
argument.

http://www.xfree86.org/current/X.7.html#sect6

See also:

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Running_MythTV_Dual_Headed

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mtdean at thirdcontact

Dec 5, 2010, 5:51 AM

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Re: make myth use the 2nd monitor on a dual-screen desktop [In reply to]

On 12/05/2010 08:45 AM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 7:55 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
>> On 5 December 2010 23:19, okcancel wrote:
>>> This Ubuntu desktop has 2 monitors connected to the video card.
>>> 1st is a 21 inch flat screen.
>>> 2nd is a 15 inch CRT screen.
>>>
>>> Before installing Myth on this desktop,
>>> I was wondering how you would make Myth always use
>>> the 2nd (CRT) so that when the Myth frontend runs
>>> it always starts and stays on the CRT screen.
>> Very simple.
>>
>> start mythfrontend with:
>> DISPLAY=:0.1 mythfrontend
>>
>> or whatever your DISPLAY is for your screen.
> That won't always work. It depends on how X is configured. What
> should always work is starting mythfrontend with the -geometry
> argument.
>
> http://www.xfree86.org/current/X.7.html#sect6
>
> See also:
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Running_MythTV_Dual_Headed

Or actually setting the X and Y offset (and width/height) in Appearance
settings instead of specifying an override every single time you run
mythfrontend.

I.e. the same way you don't specify your normal-use settings using -O
overrides...

Mike
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