[mythtv-users] X output to both TV and monitor

[John Harvey]

Yes is the short answer. There are several ways

1) Run dual screen
	Pros - relatively simple to make work
	Cons - The 350's X display is tied to the desktop one so logging out
restarts the x server for the 350 as well as the desktop. The desktop mouse
can move off the side and onto the tv's display

2) Run 2 x servers
	Pros - they are independent so the 350 one can run forever and
doesn't really need a window manager
	Cons - You really need to disable the Virtual Terminal switching
since by default only the one connected to the active virtual terminal will
run. There are patches around for X to do this but that means that you have
to find them, apply them and then rebuild the server. 

I do have the patches on my machine  and I am hoping to write up how to make
the second option work since several people have asked how to do it. 

John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Carlos Fernandez Sanz
> Sent: 02 January 2005 18:32
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] X output to both TV and monitor
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Is it possible to use a PVR-350 in X to output to TV and, at the same
> time, use a regular video card (an Nvidia FX 5200 to be exact) to output
> to monitor? I'd like to use both at the same time... would be really
> useful to me. Configuring myth using the TV can't be good for the eyes...
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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