[mythtv-users] problem using mythtv with xinerama

Daniel Paessler paessler at gmx.de
Tue Jul 8 19:01:26 EDT 2003


does no one (except matt jarvis) have problems with xinerama?
i can't really believe...
nevertheless, some suggestions, ideas?

thanks, 

daniel


Am Die, 2003-07-01 um 20.31 schrieb Daniel Paessler:
> no response until now :-(
> should i better post this one to the devel-list?
> anyway, i tried this now without twinview, using a normal
> xinerama-setup with 2 screen-definitions. still a problem.
> when launching mythfrontend, the blue background is stretched
> over both screens, but the menu starts correctly at the top left
> of the second (tv) screen. on startup mythfrontend still says:
> 
> Found 2 Xinerama Screens.
> Using screen 1, 800x600+1152+0
> 
> so my xinerama configuration seems to be ok. also, as i wrote before,
> mplayer plays video correctly at the tv when starting with the option
> -xineramascreen 1, so this might be a problem with mythtv. nobody else
> has such a problem?
> 
> daniel
> 
> Am Son, 2003-06-29 um 18.26 schrieb Daniel Paessler:
> > i set up my box with nvidias twinview and have 2 xineramascreens,
> > first is my monitor, running at 1152x864, second is my tv, running
> > at 800x600. this works great, when i launch mplayer with the option
> > xineramascreen 1, i get fullscreen video on my tv.
> > the problem is mythtv. i told it to use xineramascreen 1 and it gives me
> > this at startup:
> > 
> > Found 2 Xinerama Screens.
> > Using screen 1, 800x600+1152+0
> > 
> > sounds good, but doesn't work, the mythtv screen appears on my monitor
> > at a resolution of 800x600 and nothing happens on my tv.
> > 
> > when i leave the option xineramascreen 0 in setup, then mythtv opens
> > on my monitor, showing the main menu. when i switch to xineramascreen 1,
> > mythtv also starts on monitor, but no menu appears, just the blank
> > background.
> > 
> > any ideas what's wrong here? need extra informations or config files?
> > 
> > thanks in advance,
> > daniel
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Daniel Paessler <paessler at gmx.de>



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