[mythtv-users] Problems with new monitor

Greg gregl at nycap.rr.com
Fri Dec 18 15:56:50 UTC 2015


On 12/17/2015 07:13 PM, Craig Huff wrote:
> My old LCD monitor (an LG 4:3 1280x1024 monitor) was shared through a 
> KVM using the DVI connection and worked just fine, until recently.  It 
> died.  I got a refurbished Acer monitor (16:9 1920x1080) as a 
> replacement.  Now it seems as though my Myth system thinks there's no 
> monitor attached if it is turned off or switched to another system 
> when Myth boots up and the only way I've come up with to get the 
> display to work when it's in this state is to reboot Myth.  I tried 
> Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, but that didn't do anything.  I've tried logging 
> in remotely from another system and trying to restart the X system, 
> but had no success.
>
> Besides the brain dead solution of a monitor left connected to the 
> myth system 100% of the time, does anyone have any insight into what's 
> going on and how to fix this?
>
> --
> Craig.
>
>
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I had a similar problem a few years back.. It turned out to be my KVM 
switch wasn't working properly..  My fix was to replace the KVM..
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