[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #5594: starting mythfrontend for second screen gives black-video-screen
Markus Schulz
msc at antzsystem.de
Sat Aug 2 14:56:10 UTC 2008
Am Samstag, 2. August 2008 schrieb Michael T. Dean:
> On 08/02/2008 05:48 AM, MythTV wrote:
> > #5594: starting mythfrontend for second screen gives
> > black-video-screen
> >
> > Starting mythfrontend with:
> > # mythfrontend -display :0.1
> > _from_ display 0.0 gives the gui but only black video screen.
> > starting with:
> > # DISPLAY=:0.1 mythfrontend -display :0.1
> > works. Looks like the parameter -display will not be used for the
> > xv- screen.
>
> That's a driver issue. Nearly all Linux video drivers provide Xv
> implementations that work only on the first display. There's nothing
> Myth can do about it.
nope, thats a mythtv issue. cause i'm using this way since years and xv
is possible on booth screens, as i wrote it works with DISPLAY=:0.1.
there was changed something for the videoout-code since 17xxx version.
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Markus Schulz
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