[mythtv-users] nvidia tv-out - how do you do it? Better, but not there yet.

[Brad Fuller]

Chris Clarke wrote:

>On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 12:08:41 -0700, Brad Fuller
><bradallenfuller at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> 
>> Yan-Fa Li wrote: 
>>If you started two X servers, each should be individually addressable and
>>setting the DISPLAY variable before starting mythtv should send it to the
>>correct display.  Try: 
>> 
>>     export DISPLAY=localhost:0 
>>     mythfrontend 
>>     [exit myth] 
>> 
>> and 
>> 
>>     export DISPLAY=localhost:1 
>>     mythfrontend 
>>     [exit myth] 
>> 
>> this should send mythtv both displays, one at a time and then you can
>>hardcode that value into a startup script. 
>> 
>> Yan 
>> Thanks Yan. That sounds easy enough.
>> When I do the above, I receive:
>> "mythfrontend: cannot connect to X server localhost:0"
>> 
>> I tried the local host's name and it's IP address with the same result. Do
>>I need to install something in the xorg.conf? Or maybe a modification
>>elsewhere?
>> 
>> (Obviously, I am not familar with mythtv and X server errors) 
>> 
>> brad
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>>Now, I have a two x displays: one for my monitor at 1280 and one for the tv
>>at 800x. 
>> My next problem is to find out how to display MythTV output on the TV. The
>>only option that I found in mplayer to do this was xinerama. But, when I set
>>this to ON in xorg.conf and restart x I get an error that RANDR crashed. 
>> 
>> First of all, I don't know if this is the right or wrong way to push MythTV
>>output to the second monitor (TV). 
>> Or, if there is a better way. 
>> 
>> Anyone? 
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>
>Hi,
>
>    I've run across this problem myself, try rebooting the computer
>with init set to 3, and starting x manually, for some reason this
>works for me...  Never did figure out the source of the problem, once
>I had an easy lazy fix I stopped looking :)
>  
>
I'll give that a try if all else fails :-)
Did you try xauth to change your settings?
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