[mythtv-users] [OT] FX5200 dual head: desktop extended but still cloned

[Robert Johnston]

On 5/2/06, Ed Neff <backhoes at gmail.com> wrote:
> The idea of using the xorg.conf at
> http://niels.dybdahl.dk/public/xorg.conf.twinview
>  to be able to run MythTV on one screen and work on another screen
>  is very appealing - so I tried it.  I'm using kernel 2.6.16.5 and Nvidia
>  driver 8756, so I had to change "ConnectedMonitor" to "UseDisplayDevice".
>
>  It really works.  Two screens come up, one on the TV (:2.1), and one on
>  the monitor (:2.0).  Using the keyboard, I can enter the command
> "mythfrontend -display :2.1", and the frontend comes up on the TV screen.
> But, choosing Watch TV or playback of a recorded program results in only
> audio - no video.
>  The screen goes blank during playback, and the menus come back when
> playback exits.
>
>  Have you experienced anything like this?  Or maybe suggest what to look for
> in the logs?  I use both -verbose 5 and -logverbose 5 when starting the X
> server, so there's lots of log data.  I don't see anything that looks like
> an error in the logs so far.

I believe the problem here is that the graphics card only supports an
overlay on the primary head (:2.0 in this case). If you can try
swapping the heads (So the TV is :2.0 and the monitor is :2.1) this
should solve the problem.
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Robert "Anaerin" Johnston