[mythtv-users] xrandr opensource radeon using xorg.conf

[Dan Smith]

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Dan Smith <mrplowdan at gmail.com> wrote:
> First off I'm not real sure if this is a bug or a configuration error
> on my part, also I'm not sure if its X, gnome, or mythtv thats causing
> me grief.
>
> I'm trying to get a dual screen setup working for my mythfrontend. I'm
> using a compaq laptop with radeon graphics
> mrplow at compaq-desktop:~$ lspci|grep VGA
> 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon XPRESS
> 200M 5955 (PCIE)
>
> I'm using the open source radeon driver in Ubuntu 9.10. At first I had
> my xorg.conf setup with bare minimum  content as such:
>
> Section "Screen"
>        Identifier "Screen0"
>        Device     "Card0"
>        SubSection "Display"
>                Depth     24
>                Virtual 2080 800
>        EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>        Identifier  "Card0"
>        Driver      "radeon"
>        VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
>        BoardName   "Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE)"
>        BusID       "PCI:1:5:0"
> EndSection
>
> then running this script following gdm login
> mrplow at compaq-desktop:~$ cat xrandr.sh
> #!/bin/sh
>
> xrandr --output S-video --addmode S-video 800x600
> xrandr --output S-video --mode 800x600 --pos 0x0 --primary --output
> LVDS  --mode 1280x800 --pos 800x0 --right-of S-video
>
> however s-video wasn't always switching over, sometimes the tv monitor
> would remain blue but it would flicker like the v-hold was off on the
> tv.
> When it did work, it worked well, mythtv would start on the tv monitor
> every time and video played fine.
>
> My goal was to integrate the tv into xorg.conf so it would switch over
> earlier and be more reliable.
> After reading and many failed attempts I came up with this xorg.conf
> which works great
> mrplow at compaq-desktop:~$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> Section "Monitor"
>        Identifier  "TV-monitor"
>        Option      "Left Of" "LVDS-monitor"
>        Option      "DPMS"
>        Option      "Position" "0 0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>        Identifier  "LVDS-monitor"
>        Option      "DPMS"
>        Option      "Position" "800 0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>        Identifier "Screen0"
>        Device     "Card0"
>        SubSection "Display"
>                Depth     24
>                Virtual 2080 800
>        EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>        Option      "ForceTVOut" "true"
>        Option      "TVStandard" "ntsc"
>        Option      "monitor-LVDS" "LVDS-monitor"
>        Option      "monitor-S-video" "TV-monitor"
>        Identifier  "Card0"
>        Driver      "radeon"
>        VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
>        BoardName   "Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE)"
>        BusID       "PCI:1:5:0"
> EndSection
>
> The only problem is that mythfrontend starts on the laptop screen no
> matter what I try.
> mrplow at compaq-desktop:~$ mythfrontend.real -geometry 800x600+0+0
> 2010-01-19 10:38:58.460 mythfrontend version:
> branches/release-0-22-fixes [23167          ] www.mythtv.org
> 2010-01-19 10:38:58.482 AudioPulseUtil: Suspend Success
> 2010-01-19 10:38:58.484 Overriding GUI size: width=800 height=600
> 2010-01-19 10:38:58.484 Overriding GUI offset: x=0 y=0
> 2010-01-19 10:38:58.484 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2010-01-19 10:38:58.485 Using configuration directory = /home/mrplow/.mythtv
> 2010-01-19 10:38:58.945 Empty LocalHostName.
> 2010-01-19 10:38:58.945 Using localhost value of compaq-desktop
> 2010-01-19 10:38:58.946 Testing network connectivity to '192.168.1.2'
> 2010-01-19 10:38:58.966 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2010-01-19 10:38:58.999 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 192.168.1.2
> 2010-01-19 10:38:59.001 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
> 2010-01-19 10:38:59.016 DPMS is active.
> 2010-01-19 10:38:59.020 Primary screen: 0.
> 2010-01-19 10:38:59.023 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 192.168.1.2
> 2010-01-19 10:38:59.045 Using screen 0, 800x600 at 800,0
> 2010-01-19 10:38:59.079 MythUI Image Cache size set to 20971520 bytes
> 2010-01-19 10:38:59.080 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
> 2010-01-19 10:38:59.122 Connecting to lcd server: localhost:6545 (try 1 of 10)
> 2010-01-19 10:38:59.129 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2010-01-19 10:38:59.132 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 192.168.1.2
> 2010-01-19 10:38:59.139 Primary screen: 0.
> 2010-01-19 10:38:59.143 Using screen 0, 800x600 at 800,0
>
> I tried devilspie to force mythtv to start at 0,0 but doesn't seem to help.
> I don't want to use compiz to move the window because it seems silly
> to enable compiz just to get a program to start in the right position.
>
> If I change the virtual screen size to 2079x800 (1 pixel smaller than
> it should be) programs start in 0,0.
> Although the laptop screen is half borked, not ideal as I would like
> to have a conky instance on the laptop screen with upcoming recordings
> info and I need the full 1280x800 res.
> Right now I'm running it with a virtual screen of 1600x600 which
> lowers the laptop res to 800x600 but at least programs start in the
> right position.
>
> running my xrandr.sh script along with the proper xorg.conf with the
> added monitor sections still doesn't solve programs starting in the
> correct position.
>

After turning on compiz mythfrontend always starts in the correct
position, after it was working disabling compiz got it loading
properly without compiz, go figure