[mythtv-users] Re: Running two X servers (with PVR350) at the same time?

[Michael Arndt]

John,

I had problems with the 2nd X server chewing up all my CPU...it would always
sit around at 90+%.  So I took another look at running one X server with
multiple screens...I must have screwed something up the 1st time I ran this,
because now it works great!  This is the page with examples that I followed
to run a dual headed X display:

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Dual_Monitors

I think that the only reason to use the dualheaded xorg binaries that
disable VT switching is if you need to have two keyboards running at the
same time.  For me, I have a single keyboard and mouse, and everything is
working great now.  Hope that helps, let me know if you want more details!

Mike
  
> Hi Mike,
> 
> Any chance you can run through what you did to make this work?
> 
> I tried it today but it messed up my system. I kept getting errors
> starting X - something about No V_BIOS.
> 
> I had to revert to my old xorg rpm's
> 
> I'm trying to get it working with an M10000 using the on board S3 chip
> and a pvr-350.
> 
> Thanks
> John
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Michael Arndt
> > Sent: 10 March 2005 04:15
> > To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] Re: Running two X servers (with
> > PVR350) at the sametime?
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the tip John! Hearing that you had this working
> > got me thinking about a web page I found earlier, but never
> > finished reading through...this was the one:
> >
> > http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/multiuser/
> >
> > The bottom of that page leads to this link for a patched xorg
> > rpm for FC3:
> >
> > ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/linux/people/jan_kasprzak/xorg-dualhead/
> >
> > I installed that and followed the examples given in the
> > README and gdm.conf on the above link, and I'm up with mythtv
> > running on one display while I type on my desktop using
> > another X display! Sweet!
> >
> > For some reason, one of the X servers runnig is pegging my
> > CPU at 97% though. Not sure why that is, but I'll live with
> > it for now unless anyone has a solution.
> >
> > Just wanted to get this email out so it was searchable in the
> > archives. Sorry I couldn't respond to the real thread - I
> > subscribed in digest mode without thinking about it :(. Thanks again!
>
> > Mike
> >
> > > I run my second X server which is a patched XFree so
> > > that it doesnt worry about Virtual Terminal switching.
> > > So this one just runs and the other normal desktop one switches off
> > > when you switch terminals away from it.
> > > > I'll try to dig out the patch i used later (or i can
> > > send you a pre-built x server if you like).
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > > --- Michael Arndt <marndt at bulldog.tzo.org> wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I'm a long time linux user, but new to mythtv.
> > > > After following Jarod's great
> > > > guide, and using the archives of this list, I have
> > > > mythtv up and running!
> > > >
> > > > I've got a FC3 system with a PVR350 and an old
> > > > voodoo3 card in it. I'd like to
> > > > run two X servers at the same time - one on the
> > > > voodoo3 for my desktop work,
> > > > and obviously mythtv on the PVR350. I've got my
> > > > xorg.conf setup with two
> > > > two ServerLayout sections, and I modified gdm.conf
> > > > to connect to both X
> > > > servers. All of this works fine, *but*, it seems I
> > > > can only use one of the
> > > > X servers at a time. If I Ctrl-Alt-F8 over to my
> > > > desktop X display running
> > > > on my voodoo3, mythtv stops running on my PVR350.
> > > > If I Ctrl-Alt-F7 back, to
> > > > make my PVR350 X display work, mythtv works fine,
> > > > but I obviously then can
> > > > not use my desktop display.
> > > >
> > > > So...any ideas? I'm thinking there must be other
> > > > people out there who use
> > > > the same system for mythtv and desktop work? I read
> > > > one post from the
> > > > archives indicating that only one X server can be
> > > > active at a time, but the
> > > > post was rather old, so I don't know if this is
> > > > still the case or not. Let me
> > > > know if you want to see my xorg.conf or gdm.conf, or
> > anything else!
> > > >
> > > > One other thing - when I log in on the voodoo3
> > > > display, I get a bunch of
> > > > gnome errors about the gnome-settings-daemon quiting
> > unexpectedly.
> > > > Any ideas on that? I am trying to run gnome on my voodoo3
> > > > display, and I have
> > > > Windowmaker running on the PVR350 display.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > Mike