[mythtv-users] monitor and tv out with nvidia drivers

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Tuesday, Oct 7, 2003, at 13:27 US/Pacific, Andrew Ingram wrote:

> many thanks for replying. I have looked at your web page (very good it
> is too!) and have copied your XF86Config. And it works :) I was
> previously trying to set up the TV-out so that it was a second screen.
> The nvidia docs seem to hint that this is possible, but I have problems
> as I've said. Setting it up your way works beautifully.

Should work as a second screen also...

> I do however have two questions about it. I changed the
> "TwinViewOrientation" to be "RightOf" since I want the monitor screen 
> to
> be used as a "normal" Linux machine whilst all the Myth stuff happens 
> on
> the TV. This worked fine, but I realised that as a consequence of how
> the XFree86Cfg-4 is set up, the monitor is locked at the same 
> resolution
> as the tv. Is it possible to make the monitor have an independent
> resolution?

Okay, so you did get the two displays to differ. The monitor 
resolutions are controlled by the "MetaModes" section. The first of the 
two fields within the pairs between the semi-colons is for display 1 
(usually your monitor) and the second for display 2 (tv). You can set a 
MetaMode of 1600x1200, 1024x768, assuming your monitor section lists 
1600x1200 as resolution to use. There's a pretty good amount on it in 
nVidia's docs in the TwinView section.

> Also, I cannot make Mythfrontend appear on the tv side, it always opens
> up on the monitor side (at least it isn't trying to stretch across both
> screens!). Do you know how I can make the frontend only appear on the 
> tv
> side?

Ack. I can't recall off-hand. I don't even actually use that setup 
anymore since moving to a VGA->Component Video adapter... TwinView is 
completely disabled on my system. Perhaps someone else on the list can 
lend a hand...

--Jarod

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Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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