[mythtv-users] Start Myth frontend on different display?

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
>  On 10/3/2010 16:03, James Crow wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Raymond Wagner<raymond at wagnerrp.com>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>  On 10/3/2010 15:23, Matt Emmott wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Is there an easy way to start mythfrontend on my secondary display and
>>>> have it inherit the screen's resolution?
>>>
>>> You can force a resolution and location at boot with '-geometry
>>> WWWxHHH+X+Y'
>>
>> I start myhtfrontend on my secondary display. My system is setup for
>> TwinView. My primary display is :0.0 and my secondary display is :0.1.
>> When I start mythfrontend I pass it the option of '-display :0.1'.
>
> You are running two independent screens on your X server.  On such a setup,
> you cannot drag windows from one screen to another as described by the OP.

In which case the -geometry setting would be the logical one to use.

drag it to where you want it and then use xwininfo  to get the
co-ordinates to put into -geometry.


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