On Tuesday 04 April 2006 09:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Morning All, > > I have a Ubuntu 5.10 install which as some people know is a mythtv > install, and it's this system I have questions about X and the like. > > The X session uses the default stuff, but I was thinking (and this is > where I need some help in regards to the idea). > > I know you can configure another X session to use a different function > key, so basically I would be running two X sessions on different > function keys to swap between them. But what I am curious about is can > the 2nd X session be configured to use say my svideo out port and > output its display on the screen under its new function key shortcut, > as well as to the svideo port for my tv. > > I dont really want to have my primary X session out on the Tv, so I > thought maybe create another X session and then have it mirror to the > Tv via the svideo port. That way mythfrontend can run on that other X > session and mirror to the Tv, and I can still use the main X session > for other stuff. > > Can anyone confirm if what I want to do will work? I know I can create > another X session, but just not sure about the finer details in > regards to the svideo etc. > > I have an FX5200 Nvidia btw.
Conventional wisdom says of course you can't ... but Each X server is totally independent, and can have it's own flags (kdmrc, gdm.conf, and consequently own xorg.conf) so you should be able to do independent configs ... also When I tried to setup touchscreens on two local Xservers the common hardware ment one worked, one did not. So I guess the answer is very specific, might work somewhere but not others. What I do is 2560x1024 twinview display, run myth on the RHS screen. What my mate does is also twinview but LCD lhs, TV rhs (he struggled, but got working on GT6600: VGA:SVIDEO). myth on a LCD is much nicer than myth on a TV. But if you followed this you could have myth on your TV, main session on your monitor. Never any conflict. You *could* drag a window onto your TV, but it's easy not to, besides it's usefull when you want to show guests the latest photos etc James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
