[mythtv-users] Underscan/Overscan PVR-350 TV OUT

[Michael Cheshire (Mailing Lists)]

Joe,

I tried using ratpoison - it doesnt appear to support x/y positioning 
either.

Mind you I didnt change window manager as you suggested - ended up getting 
it to work by modifying /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients..

I couldnt get it to work the way you suggested - .xinitrc appears to have no 
effect - I assume you mean put this in the home directory of the user who is 
logging in to run myth?

help?

M.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Votour" <joevph at yahoo.com>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 5:00 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Underscan/Overscan PVR-350 TV OUT


> Jarod's Fedora Core 2 guide assumes that you're using
> KDE.  Unfortunately, the KDE window manager doesn't
> seem to support the GUI offsets, only the size.
>
> The solution that I used (which works for me, and at
> least one other) is to use ratpoison instead of KDE.
> It's available through apt-get, so it's easy to
> install.  At that point, you just have to modify your
> .xinitrc to read:
> /usr/bin/mythfrontend &
> exec ratpoison
>
> (Don't forget to chmod +x your .xinitrc, and the
> /usr/bin/mythfrontend assumes that you're using the
> Fedora Core 2 MythTV RPMs which install in /usr/bin.)
>
> Using ratpoison over KDE offers the following
> benefits:
> 1. X/Y GUI positioning works (which is what you're
> trying to do)
> 2. It loads faster than KDE (and uses less memory)
> 3. No annoying taskbar or focus issues to worry about
> 4. No need to disable ARTS or the KDE screensavers
> (although you should still disable DPMS in X11),
> because they never load
>
> -- Joe
>
> --- "Michael Cheshire (Mailing Lists)"
> <michael-mlists at cheshire.id.au> wrote:
>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> I initially setup my MythTV box using knoppmyth, and
>> I was able to use the size, X and Y offset in
>> "Appearance" setup to get the screen size right for
>> my TV.
>>
>> I have rebuilt my box with Fedora Core 2 now using
>> that really useful howto :)
>>
>> However now when I set the X and Y Offset, it does
>> nothing - the size works - just not the offsets.
>>
>> Anyone have any suggestions why this would be the
>> case?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Michael.>
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