
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
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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 _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users [at] mythtv http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
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