[mythtv-users] mythfrontend monkeying with display

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Mon Jun 10 15:51:26 UTC 2013


On 06/01/2013 03:42 PM, Leo Butler wrote:
> Hi, I have a dedicated mythtv frontend which is configured to boot
> into a "desktop" run by mythtv-user. The startup scripts run an xrandr
> script to set the S-video output screen as below the lvds output
> screen (which is a laptop screen), after which mythfrontend is
> run. This worked fine for a few months, and I could even manually exit
> the frontend and re-open it on the s-video screen, but after some
> updates the frontend now resets the display settings on launch: it
> disables the display on the laptop screen. What can I do to get the
> frontend to play nice and stop monkeying with the display settings?
>
> xfce + ubuntu 12.04 + up-to-date mythfrontend.

The only time mythfrontend will ever change the display settings is if 
you enable Xrandr by enabling:

Separate video modes for GUI and TV playback
Switch X Window video modes for TV. Requires "xrandr" support.

Mike


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