Jeff Simpson writes:
On 6/7/06, Andrew Lyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> I do exactly that - I have an NVidia Geforce2 (twinview, two CRTs) and > a PVR-350 using svideo out to a TV. I run two separate X sessions at > once on different VTs in xorg7. If you are using the mpeg output of > the PVR card, you can use the normal display x session at the same > time as the TV, including controlling it with the remote. If you use > framebuffer (ie, the menus), you will find that the screen does not > update unless it is the currently selected VT, so you need to switch > to it to use the fb menus (and the primary display on the CRTS goes > away during that).Is there any way to get myth to switch vt's ? i dont mind loosing my crt while I am using the FB on the 350 but I dont want to have to change vt using the keyboard...You should be able to program a key on the remote to execute "chvt", which I think should do it. Haven't tried it myself, though.
There are some kernel-level conflicts that prevent multiple X instances from running at the same time. I tried to set something up, like this, about a month ago.
You _could_ get multiple X instances running on different VTs, with some elbow grease. However, something always keeps suspending the X instance running off the PVR-350's framebuffer whenever I switch to the other X instance. Even though the PVR-350 X instance does not use the video card's framebuffer, something keeps it suspended.
The solution that I ended up going with a quick Python script that runs off the Gnome menu, and flips my xorg.conf between the PVR-350 and the VESA framebuffer versions. I just run it, then log out, and gdm restarts right away on the other display.
Can't really run both at the same time, but you can make flipping between the two a breeze.
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