[mythtv-users] Looking for Dual Head Help

[Allen Edwards]

On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 9:50 AM, John Welch <jrw3319 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Yan Seiner <yan at seiner.com> wrote:
> > John Welch wrote:
> >>
> >> So, anyone get any suggestions on how I can make this work?  I think
> >> what I want is two separate X servers each controlling one display,
> >> but I can't figure out the proper xorg.conf for this configuration.  I
> >> have read the section in the wiki page describing this setup, but it
> >> is just not clicking with me.  Ideally I'd like to be able to use both
> >> displays at the same time, like I can do now with my Xinerama setup,
> >> but this is not absolutely essential as most of the time I'm really
> >> only use one display or the other.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > http://wiki.c3sl.ufpr.br/multiseat/index.php/NVidia_multiseat
> >
> > However, you will lose XvMC and compiz if that's an issue.  It's not for
> me
> > as myth + Xorg + Xephyr are still < 70% of one core with this setup.
> >
> > However, be careful - the latest experimental xorg is not supported by
> > nvidia binary blobs, so you really want to stay away from anything >
> 1.5.3
> >
> >
> > --Yan
> > _______________________________________________
>
> Yan, thanks for the suggestion.  I will have to check it out.  Losing
> XvMC and compiz are not issues, as I am currently using neither.
> However, if it affects the KDE (kwin) desktop effects then it is a
> deal-breaker as that is what I am trying to get around.  Also, I've
> looked at some of the other multi-seat setups, and they all seem to
> assume multiple graphic cards, as opposed to a dual-headed card, and
> also require a separate keyboard and mouse for each display, which I
> don't have.
>
> Allan, thanks for posting your xorg.conf.  This almost exactly matched
> my current setup.  I made a few tweaks based on your post, but I'm
> still not getting it to work properly.  Yes, I can get the frontend to
> display on the HDTV like I want, but when I switch mouse and keyboard
> control back to the primary display I can't figure out how to return
> them to the MythTV display when I need to.  What am I missing here, or
> is this simply the way it works?
>
> John
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I just read about "mouse jail" and it sounds like this is something you need
to go out of your way to get.  The normal response is what I am getting
where you can just move your mouse to either display, click it, and give it
focus.  If you installed a mouse jail program, you should remove it.

Allen
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