[mythtv-users] mythfrontend on a 2 monitor Ubuntu PC

Jim Abernathy jfabernathy at gmail.com
Sat Oct 17 11:10:18 UTC 2020


On 10/17/20 6:59 AM, Paul Harrison wrote:
> On 17/10/2020 11:42, Jim Abernathy wrote:
>
>> I just added a second monitor to our main desktop Ubuntu PC. 
>> Obviously great for office work, but sometimes it would be convenient 
>> to have mythfrontend on one screen and still have something important 
>> like solitaire :-) on the other.  However when I launch mythfrontend 
>> it starts up on monitor with the dock bar so I can't launch other 
>> programs once I've start watching mythfrontend.
>>
>> Short of making mythfrontend windowed, is there a way of launching 
>> mythfrontend to display #2?
>>
>> Jim A
>>
>
> I'm on master but I think 31-fixes is similar. The 'Display on screen' 
> setting should show a list of monitors from which you can choose which 
> one the frontend with startup on. It's under Appearance -> Theme / 
> Screen Settings.
>
>
> Paul H.


Yes that works for fixes/31 as well.

Thanks,

Jim A




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