[mythtv-users] Can I change the default screen?
DaveD
mythtv at guiplot.com
Wed Jul 18 06:17:12 UTC 2007
I have a dual head Nvidia 5200 with DVI driving my 17" monitor and
analog (15-pin) driving my 1080p LCD TV (actually a 37" monitor with
external tuner). With the dual head, single card, I can only have one
display with two screens and only one of the screens gets the video
overlay, screen 0. I would like that to be the TV so I can adjust
picture settings (brightness, contrast, etc) and take some of the load
off of the CPU during video playback. I am running KDE with two
separate desktops, same user. I thought I could do multiseat, but found
that only works with dual DISPLAYs, not just dual SCREENs. In other
words, multiseat (different user on each display) requires dual video
cards, which I can not accommodate (box is full!).
Sending screen 0 (DISPLAY :0.0) to the TV poses some problems when my
wife is watching the TV and I am working on the computer using the
monitor on screen 1 (DISPLAY :0.1). If I try to reboot, the logout
prompt is displayed on the TV, which I don't see because the TV input is
set to Tuner instead of PC. If I put in a CDROM, the "What do you want
to do" prompt, again, is sent to screen 0. I have to wait for a
commercial (remember commercials?) to switch the TV input to PC so I can
see the prompt and respond. There are LOTs of cases where things are
sent to screen 0 by default.
What I would like to do is change my default display to be on screen 1.
I would like the login prompt to be displayed on display :0.1 and my
second desktop to be on :0.0. Anyone heard of this? Is it possible?
Is there a better list to post this question to (I tried KDE forum but
no luck)?
DaveD
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