[mythtv-users] Multiple Displays on the same Machine

[Thomas M Hughes]

It's been a week, and no one has replied to this.  Just in case no one 
noticed it, I thought I'd bring it back up.  If anyone has any ideas, I 
would appreciate it, otherwise I'll just have to experiment on my own.

Thanks.

-- 
Thomas
thomas at amberilis.org


Thomas M Hughes wrote:
> Greetings.
> 
> I am currently trying to figure out the best way to handle some X11 
> configurations, and thought that this may be the best place to ask. 
> First, some background.  I am currently using the same machine to do 
> Myth (both front and back ends) and to act as a desktop.  At the moment, 
> my configuration is to use an nVidia GeForce 4 440MX, with one display 
> going to the monitor on the desk, and the second display going to the 
> television, treated as to the right of the monitor.  The television acts 
> as my front end.  I use the same inputs (keyboard and mouse) for both 
> the desktop and the Myth frontend.  All of that works fine, but it's not 
> how I'd ideally set it up.
> 
> Instead of having the two displays be treated as continuous (where if 
> you move the mouse to the right, it moves onto the frontend screen), I 
> want them to be separate displays.  Inputs for the desktop stay on the 
> desktop, while inputs for the frontend (ideally, a remote control with 
> lirc) remain on the front end.  I'm pretty sure this part shouldn't be a 
> problem, as the X11 config will just involve setting up two different 
> screens, one for the desktop and one for the television, and not placing 
> one to the right of the other.
> 
> Here is where I'm slightly stumped.  I would like the desktop machine to 
> require a login and password, while I would like the frontend to 
> automatically log in and startup mythfrontend.  I can figure out how to 
> do one or the other, but apparently not both with gdm.  Either both will 
> require a login and password, or neither will, and both will log in to 
> the mythfrontend.  Any idea how to solve this problem?
> 
> As additional background, I'm using Debian (unstable) GNU/Linux, and the 
> latest current stable release of Mythtv (0.15.1), and I would prefer to 
> avoid having to use CVS at all costs.
> 
> Thanks for your thoughts.