[mythtv-users] Two frontend instances on one box

[Lance Tost]

On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Per Åge Sørvik wrote:
> >
> Please keep us updated if you have any luck with this. And if you dont't 
> mind, could you post your XF86Config file, or email it tom me ?

I had luck by running mythfrontend from two different directories, each 
containing their own mysql.txt.  You could also use two different users 
and put separate mysql.txt's in ~/.mythtv for each user I believe.

My XF86Config is attached.  Be sure to put your own video card and monitor 
sections in before you try it.  I'm using a GeForce 2 card with TV-OUT 
attached to a TV and an ancient Matrox Millenium PCI card attached to a 
Sun (Sony) monitor.  I need to find a better PCI card because I get a 
warning from Myth (Mplayer maybe?) about the card not support Xv so 
blahblah will need to be done in software.  The instance of mythfrontend 
running on the GeForce2 card takes up < 10% of my CPU while playing video 
while the instance running on the Matrox card takes up 60-70% of my CPU 
(making both choppy then).

-- 
Lance Tost <ltost at pobox.com>
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# XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "Multihead layout"
#	Screen      0  "TV Screen" 
	Screen      0  "TV Screen" LeftOf "Monitor Screen"
	Screen      1  "Monitor Screen" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
	InputDevice    "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
	Option	    "Xinerama" "off"
	Option	    "Clone" "on"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the 
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "fbdevhw"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "freetype"
	Load  "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#	Option	"Xleds"		"1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
#	Option	"XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
# or:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
#	Option	"XkbVariant"	"nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:nocaps"
#
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "keyboard"
	Option	    "XkbRules" "xfree86"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/psaux"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
	Identifier  "DevInputMice"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Hitachi Monitor"	# (not in use)
	VendorName   "Hitachi"
	ModelName    "Hitachi CM-2110M"
	HorizSync    31.0 - 85.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 160.0
#	Option	    "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "TV"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "TV"
        HorizSync       30 - 50
        VertRefresh     60
#	Option	    "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Sun Monitor"
	VendorName   "Sun"
	ModelName    "Sony GDM-20SE3T"
        HorizSync       30 - 96
        VertRefresh    40 - 160 
#	Option	    "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "NVidiaAGPCard"
	Driver      "nvidia"
	VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
	BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS (generic)"
	BusID	    "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "MatroxPCICard"
	Driver      "mga"
	VendorName  "Matrox"
	BoardName   "Matrox Millennium"
	BusID       "PCI:0:15:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "TV Screen"
	Device     "NVidiaAGPCard"
	Monitor    "TV"
	DefaultDepth     24
        Option          "TVStandard"    "NTSC-M"
        Option          "TVOutFormat"   "COMPOSITE"
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     16
		Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     24
		Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Monitor Screen"
	Device     "MatroxPCICard"
	Monitor    "Sun Monitor"
	DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection

EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Group        0
	Mode         0666
EndSection