<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 8:41 AM, John Welch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jrw3319@gmail.com">jrw3319@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
One of my systems is what I will call a multi-purpose system. I am<br>
running Fedora 10 with a dual-DVI nVidia 8600GT graphics card. My<br>
primary display is a Samsung 20" LCD, where I do general tasks such as<br>
web surfing, email, office documents, etc. The secondary display is<br>
an AOC 32" LCD HDTV that I use as a display for Mythtv. I've been<br>
happily running along using a Xinerama setup and everything has been<br>
working great. However, since Fedora 10 has upgraded to KDE 4.2 I've<br>
really been enjoying the desktop effects and various other "eye candy"<br>
on my F10 PC at work. I'd like to enable these desktop effects on<br>
this "multi-purpose" PC at home, but KDE won't allow it with Xinerama<br>
enabled (at least I can't figure out how to do it). I've been trying<br>
to change my setup so that I'm not using Xinerama, but still have the<br>
same general setup where I can run my general purpose stuff on one<br>
display and Mythtv on the HDTV. I've read the "Running MythTV Dual<br>
Headed" wiki, searched around on both the Mythtv mailing lists and<br>
Google, but thus far have not been able to accomplish what I'm trying<br>
to do. The closest I've come is using an 'xorg.conf' similar to what<br>
is described in the "PIP Display" section to the dual headed wiki<br>
page. However, it is not quite working the way I want. I can get the<br>
Myth frontend to display on the HDTV, but if I switch the mouse and<br>
keyboard focus back to the primary display I can't figure out how to<br>
eventually put it back to the frontend and I end up having to kill the<br>
process instead of exiting out properly. I don't know if I don't<br>
understand the "mouse jail" program that is described in the wiki, or<br>
whether it isn't working right on my system.<br>
<br>
So, anyone get any suggestions on how I can make this work? I think<br>
what I want is two separate X servers each controlling one display,<br>
but I can't figure out the proper xorg.conf for this configuration. I<br>
have read the section in the wiki page describing this setup, but it<br>
is just not clicking with me. Ideally I'd like to be able to use both<br>
displays at the same time, like I can do now with my Xinerama setup,<br>
but this is not absolutely essential as most of the time I'm really<br>
only use one display or the other.<br>
<br>
Note that while any suggestions are welcome, any "dump KDE"<br>
suggestions will only be tried as a last resort, as I really would<br>
like to stick with KDE.<br>
<br>
Any help would be greatly appreciated.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
John<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><div><br></div><div>I am running the setup that you want with a slight difference. I have my main desktop (Display 0) on an LCD display and run myth on display 1 which is either a TV or a projector depending on if the projector is turned on.</div>
<div><br></div><div>You run the two displays with twinview off and set up the main one as display 0. then, if you have mythbuntu, you fix a bug and start myth in display 1.</div><div><a href="http://www.archivum.info/ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com/2008-04/msg33149.html">http://www.archivum.info/ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com/2008-04/msg33149.html</a><br>
</div><div><br></div><div>Here is my xorg.conf file which should be very similar to what you end up with. You will want to change the meta modes perhaps.</div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------------------------------------</div>
<div><div># First Screen is LCD monitor where mythweb and other applications go</div><div># Second screen is where Myth will go</div><div><br></div><div>Section "Screen"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Identifier<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"Screen0"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Device<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"Videocard0"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Monitor<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"LCDMonitor"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"TwinView"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"0"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"metamodes"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"CRT-0: 1280x1024_60 +0+0"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"AddARGBGLXVisuals"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"True"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>SubSection "Display"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Depth<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>24</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>EndSubSection</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Defaultdepth<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>24</div>
<div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div>Section "Screen"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Identifier<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"Screen1"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Device<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"Videocard1"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Monitor<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"MythMonitor"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"TwinView"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"0"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"metamodes"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"DFP: 1280x720_60 +0+0"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"AddARGBGLXVisuals"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"True"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>SubSection "Display"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Depth<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>24</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>EndSubSection</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Defaultdepth<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>24</div>
<div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div>Section "Device"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Identifier<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"Videocard0"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Driver<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"nvidia"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Vendorname<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"NVIDIA Corporation"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Boardname<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"GeForce 6200 LE"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Busid<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"PCI:1:0:0"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"UseEvents"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"True"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Screen<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>0</div><div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div>Section "Device"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Identifier<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"Videocard1"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Driver<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"nvidia"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Vendorname<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"NVIDIA Corporation"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Boardname<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"GeForce 6200 LE"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Busid<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"PCI:1:0:0"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"UseEvents"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"True"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Screen<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1</div><div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div>Section "InputDevice"</div><div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span># generated from default</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Identifier<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"Mouse0"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Driver<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"mouse"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"CorePointer"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"Device"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"/dev/input/mice"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"Protocol"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"auto"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"Emulate3Buttons"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"yes"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"ZAxisMapping"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"4 5"</div>
<div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div>Section "InputDevice"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Identifier<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"Keyboard0"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Driver<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"kbd"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"CoreKeyboard"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"XkbRules"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"xorg"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"XkbModel"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"pc105"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"XkbLayout"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"us"</div>
<div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div>Section "ServerLayout"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Identifier<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"Layout0"</div>
<div> screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0</div><div> screen 1 "Screen1" rightof "Screen0"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Inputdevice<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"Keyboard0"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"CoreKeyboard"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Inputdevice<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"Mouse0"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"CorePointer"</div>
<div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div>Section "Module"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Load<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"dbe"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Load<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"extmod"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Load<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"type1"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Load<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"freetype"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Load<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"glx"</div>
<div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div>Section "Monitor"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Identifier<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"MythMonitor"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"DPMS"</div><div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div>Section "Monitor"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Identifier<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"LCDMonitor"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Modelname<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"Samsung SyncMaster"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Horizsync<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>30.0<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>63.0</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Vertrefresh<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>56.0<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>75.0</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"DPMS"</div><div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div>Section "ServerFlags"</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"Xinerama"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"0"</div>
<div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div>Section "Extensions"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Option<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"Composite"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"Enable"</div>
<div>EndSection</div><div><br></div><div>Section "Files"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Rgbpath<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"</div>
<div>EndSection</div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>