[mythtv-users] Dual-Head and misplacement of mythfrontend

[ikke]

What I have is a Ubuntu Feisty on laptop [1] with docking station [2]
and a LCD TV [3]. Which ever way it would work with mythtv I would be
satisfied. But of course I want to use laptop also as a laptop at home
normally while not in mythtv use.

It has internal ATI Radeon 9000 FireGL r250v2 graphics card. The
docking station has DVI and VGA output. I have tried couple of nights
to get mythtv showing right on it with no luck. The best so far has
been I get the same display on both screens with xorgs MergedFB Clone
option [4]. This is what I try to go forward with.

THE PROBLEM: Once I play anything the video only shows on the laptop
LCD and TV becomes blue. Menus show ok on TV, and othervise it seems
alright. But it would be the picture on TV which I would be interested
of, not the blue screen :)

This happens with both mplayer or internal being the player. I also
have the MergedXinerama option on.  I also tried
MergedXineramaCRT2IsScreen0 option, but the movie stays on laptop
screen only. Weird. Like it would be drawn to FB directly, and always
to the wrong one.

I tried with options -display :0.1 and :1.0 but they give a respond x
server not found. Only :0.0 works, somehow MergedFB doesn't seem to
create different viewports/screens.

[1] http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:T41
[2] http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkPad_Mini-Dock
[3] http://www.samsung.com/uk/products/television/tftlcd/le40m86bdxxeu.asp?page=Specifications
[4] http://linux.die.net/man/4/radeon

2007/8/9, DaveD <mythtv at guiplot.com>:
> Do you actually have two displays (two video cards) or just one display
> with two screens (one video card (GPU) with dual montior connections)?
>
> You may need to specify the display in a variable before starting Myth.
> If you have two displays:
> export DISPLAY=:1.0; mythfrontend  (change :1.0 to 0.0, as needed)
> or if you have one display with two screens
> export DISPLAY=:0.1; mythfrontend (change :0.1 to :0.0, as needed)
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> DaveD.
>
> ikke wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I built up a new system for a frontend yesterday. There is a IBM t41
> > connected to LCD TV. I got two displays to show up with MergedFB
> > option and open source ati driver under Ubuntu Feisty. But for some
> > reason mythtvfrontend is placing itself on wrong screen.
> >
> > I have resolution 1280x1024 for TV which is "LeftOf" 1450x1050
> > resolution laptop screen [1].
> >
> > OK: If I startup mythtvfrontend and Xinerama display is 1 in settings
> > Everything works as expected, picture comes with right resolution on
> > laptop LCD.
> >
> > FAIL: I start frontend with option Xinerama display as 0 I get correct
> > TV resolution, but the picture will be drawn to the laptop LCD, not to
> > TV as supposed. Any ideas why?
> >
> > In both cases mythtvfrontend command line logs say correctly that
> > using the right xinerama display, and the right resolutions. Frontend
> > is few weeks old trunk.
> >
> > [1] xorg setup:
> >
> > Section "Device"
> >         Identifier      "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 [Mobility
> > FireGL 9000]"
> >         Driver  "ati"
> >         BusID   "PCI:1:0:0"
> >         Option  "BIOSHotkeys"           "on"
> >         Option  "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"
> >         #Option "MonitorLayout"         "LVDS, TMDS"
> >         #Option "MonitorLayout"         "LCD, CRT"
> >         Option  "MonitorLayout"         "LVDS, CRT"
> >         Option  "CRT2Position"          "LeftOf"
> >         Option  "MetaModes"             "1400x1050-1280x1024"
> >         Option  "MergedXinerama"        "on"
> >         Option  "MergedNonRectangular"  "true"
> >         Option  "MergedFB"              "true"
> >         Option  "AGPMode"               "4"
> >         Option  "AGPFastWrite"          "true"
> >         Option  "DisableGLXRootClipping" "true"
> >         Option  "AddARGBGLXVisuals"     "true"
> >         Option  "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
> >         Option  "EnablePageFlip"        "true"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Monitor"
> >         Identifier      "Samsumg LE40M86BC"
> >         Option          "DPMS"
> >         HorizSync       31.469-79.976
> >         # Option                "CRT2HSync"     31.469-79.976
> >         VertRefresh     56.250-75.0
> >         # Option                "CRT2VRefresh"  56.250-75.0
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Monitor"
> >         Identifier      "Generic Monitor"
> >         Option          "DPMS"
> >         Identifier      "Generic Monitor"
> >         Option          "DPMS"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Screen"
> >         Identifier      "Default Screen"
> >         Device          "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 [Mobility
> > FireGL 9000]"
> >         #Monitor                "Samsumg LE40M86BC"
> >         Monitor         "Generic Monitor"
> >         DefaultDepth    24
> >         SubSection "Display"
> >                 Depth           24
> >                 Modes           "1400x1050" "1280x1024"
> >         EndSubSection
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "ServerLayout"
> >         Option          "AIGLX"         "true"
> >         Identifier      "Default Layout"
> >         Screen          "Default Screen"
> >         InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard"
> >         InputDevice     "Configured Mouse"
> >         InputDevice     "stylus"        "SendCoreEvents"
> >         InputDevice     "cursor"        "SendCoreEvents"
> >         InputDevice     "eraser"        "SendCoreEvents"
> >         InputDevice     "Synaptics Touchpad"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "DRI"
> >         Mode    0666
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Extensions"
> >         Option  "Composite" "Enable"
> > EndSection
> > _______________________________________________
> > mythtv-users mailing list
> > mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
> >
> >
> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-users mailing list
> mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>