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

[DaveD]

On 10/17/20 4:10 AM, Jim Abernathy wrote:
>
> On 10/17/20 6:59 AM, Paul Harrison wrote:
>> 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.
>
>
> Yes that works for fixes/31 as well.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim A

When I had two desktops (one on the TV and one on the monitor) I started 
Mythfrontend as either

/usr/bin/mythfrontend -display :0.0  (on the monitor)

or

/usr/bin/mythfrontend -display :0.1  (on the TV)

Now I have one continuous desktop so I launch them as

/usr/bin/mythfrontend -geometry 1920x1080+0+0  (on the monitor)

or

/usr/bin/mythfrontend -geometry 1920x1080+1920+0  (on the TV)

irexec always uses the second one (launches on the TV) and I have a 
shortcut (icon) on the TV that does the same.  There's a different one 
on the monitor to launch it there.  Works great. (KDE, btw)

Dave D.