[mythtv-users] Multiseat/Multiple mythfrontend oddness and questions

[Mark D. Montgomery II]

Quoting "Mark D. Montgomery II" <techiem2 at techiem2.net>:
>
> X seat 1 is on my primary video card (GeForce 7600GT) connected to a 19" LCD.
> X seat 2 is on my newer video card (GeForce 210) currently connected  
>  to a 17" CRT (this card will ideally be connected via hdmi to the  
> TV  at some point).
>
> When seat 1 starts up, it is fine.
> When seat 2 starts up, it is fine, but seat 1's monitor does the   
> wrap-picture-around-monitor annoyance.


Swapping the video cards fixed this oddly enough.
I guess the newer card wanted to be initialized first.
hehe


>
> My second issue is that of running 2 instances of mythfrontend on  
> the  same machine.

This turned out to be easy as well.
I realized that frontend has the option to use a custom machine name.
I have 2 separate frontend users created (separate from the mythtv  
user), each with their frontend configuration set to a different  
custom name.

The machine is now starting an X session for each of these users on  
boot, one on each video card.

Mark II


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Mark D. Montgomery II
http://www.techiem2.net
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