[mythtv-users] Can't start mythfrontend with TV off since moving to Intel graphics

[James Linder]

> On 31 Oct 2020, at 5:39 pm, Paul Gardiner <lists at glidos.net> wrote:
> 
> On 28/10/2020 09:06, James Linder wrote:
>> Paul, late wade in, so excuse any rubbish, and top post because THIS is thee meat, below may be of interest.
>> All my custom and EDID overide was of no avail to my headless backend.
>> xrandr dis sort out the display issues. IIRC I setup a systemd task to do it after boot
>> James
> 
> Do you remember anything more of this? I tried various uses of xrandr in my .xinitrc file, just before it starts mythfrontend. I'm not sure how to involve systemd: I didn't think xrandr could do anything until the X server is up.
> 
> I have a workaround for now: on Gary's advice, I bought an EDID emulator. The EDID it fakes is pretty useless, not even having a 24fps mode, but it does fool the system into thinking a monitor is connected, and I can use the CustomEDID option to get the correct modes.
> 
> I'm still interested in other solutions, particularly Mark's thoughts on having mythfrontend handle monitor changes.

I just spent 1/2 hour looking WHERE I put it. It must be WM specific.
Where .. where .. where

My nuc now boots headless with a decent resolution because of this

   xrandr --fb 1600x1050

James