[mythtv-users] XvMC and dual head or TV out. Is this possible?
Listbox
listbox at hymerfania.com
Sat Jan 20 00:03:58 UTC 2007
Dang.
"cannot connect to X server"
Thanks Brad, but that's not working with my setup.
~> export DISPLAY=:0.1
~> mythfrontend
mythfrontend: cannot connect to X server :0.1
~> export DISPLAY=:0.0
~> mythfrontend
2007-01-19 16:01:02.812 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2007-01-19 16:01:02.817 DPMS is disabled.
2007-01-19 16:01:02.844 New DB connection, total: 1
2007-01-19 16:01:02.851 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: janus
2007-01-19 16:01:02.853 Total desktop dim: 1024x1368, with 2 screen[s].
2007-01-19 16:01:02.858 Using screen 1, 800x600 at 0,768
2007-01-19 16:01:02.873 Current Schema Version: 1160
2007-01-19 16:01:02.873 mythfrontend version: 0.20.20060828-3 www.mythtv.org
2007-01-19 16:01:02.873 Enabled verbose msgs: important general
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-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Fuller [mailto:bradallenfuller at yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 3:41 PM
To: listbox at hymerfania.com; Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] XvMC and dual head or TV out. Is this possible?
Listbox wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a crt multisync monitor and a NTSC television. I would like
> mythfrontend to use the television as its display. It ALMOST works if
> I use Xinerama and set the display to "1", but I must use XvMC to get
> acceptable performance. When I use xvmc, the GUI shows up on the TV,
> but I get no video on the tv at all, just a blank screen.
> Is there a configuration that will work? Here is my xorg.conf:
Do you export the DISPLAY before you start mythfrontend? Like:
export DISPLAY=:0.1
mythfrontend
I put this in a script (and also turn off screen saver)
(Why do you have Screen1 Below Screen0? I have RightOf. Probably doesn't
make a difference. Probably only matters where you send your mouse pointer)
>
>
> # Xorg configuration created by Listbox
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "Dual head configuration"
> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> Screen 1 "Screen1" Below "Screen0"
> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> Option "Xinerama" "on"
> Option "Clone" "off"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
>
> # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated
> together) # By default, a font server independent of the X server is #
> used to render fonts.
> FontPath "unix/:7100"
> ModulePath
>
"/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia,/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions,/u
sr/lib/xorg/modules"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "dbe"
> Load "extmod"
> Load "fbdevhw"
> Load "glx"
> Load "record"
> Load "freetype"
> Load "type1"
> Load "v4l"
> Load "synaptics"
> # Load "dri"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>
> # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with
> xset(1)) # Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
> # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
> # Option "XkbDisable"
> # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the #
> lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
> # keyboard, you will probably want to use:
> # Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
> # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
> # Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
> #
> # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
> # For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
> # Option "XkbLayout" "de"
> # or:
> # Option "XkbLayout" "de"
> # Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
> #
> # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and # control
> keys, use:
> # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
> # Or if you just want both to be control, use:
> # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
> #
> Identifier "Keyboard0"
> Driver "kbd"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse0"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> # Option "dpms"
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> VendorName "NEC Vendor"
> ModelName "NEC MultiSync 90"
> DisplaySize 370 270
> HorizSync 31.0 - 96.0
> VertRefresh 55.0 - 160.0
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor1"
> VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
> ModelName "Crappy Television"
> HorizSync 30.0 - 50.0
> VertRefresh 60.0 - 60.0
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "CRT"
> Driver "nvidia"
> VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
> BoardName "nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6200]"
> BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
> Option "RenderAccel" "true"
> Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
> Screen 0
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "TV"
> Driver "nvidia"
> VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
> BoardName "nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6200]"
> BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
> Option "RenderAccel" "true"
> Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
> Screen 1
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "CRT"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 24
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen1"
> Device "TV"
> Monitor "Monitor1"
> DefaultDepth 24
> Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
> Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
> Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
> Option "TVOverScan" "0.5"
> SubSection "Display"
> Modes "800x600"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 24
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
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