[mythtv-users] mythfrontend on a 2 monitor Ubuntu PC

[Paul Harrison]

On 17/10/2020 11:42, Jim Abernathy wrote:

> I just added a second monitor to our main desktop Ubuntu PC. Obviously 
> great for office work, but sometimes it would be convenient to have 
> mythfrontend on one screen and still have something important like 
> solitaire :-) on the other.  However when I launch mythfrontend it 
> starts up on monitor with the dock bar so I can't launch other 
> programs once I've start watching mythfrontend.
>
> Short of making mythfrontend windowed, is there a way of launching 
> mythfrontend to display #2?
>
> Jim A
>

I'm on master but I think 31-fixes is similar. The 'Display on screen' 
setting should show a list of monitors from which you can choose which 
one the frontend with startup on. It's under Appearance -> Theme / 
Screen Settings.


Paul H.