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

[Andrew Ingram]

Jarod C. Wilson writes: 

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

> 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.

Aha, I did wonder about those resolution pairs. I thought it might be as you 
describe but I couldnt see how it would know which resolution belonged to 
the tv and which to the monitor. I guess that it must be hardcoded somewhere 
that the first res is the monitor then. 

>> 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...

I've just had another read of the nVidia docs, I've got an idea to try but 
can't check until I am home tonight. It seems that Twinview exports the 
normal Xinerama extensions by default. If this is the case, then I can use 
MythTV's preferences to use Xinerama screen 1. Should work, but it's all 
just theory at the moment. 

Regards,
Andrew