xserver question

[Dieter Schicker]

Hi,

just in case someone is interested: I found the solution to my problem
on http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Separate_x-screens_on_Monitor_and_TV .

Dieter

Dieter Schicker wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've got a question concerning xorg-xserver and twinview mode (crt and
> tv) on an nvidia gforce 6200.
> 
> Up to now I have the following configuration:
> 
> xorg.conf:
> 
> <snip>
> Section "Screen"
> 
>     Identifier     "Default Screen"
>     Device         "NVIDIA Corporation NV44 [GeForce 6200 TurboCache]"
>     Monitor        "ECOMO 750"
>     DefaultDepth    24
> 
>     Option          "TwinView"
>     Option          "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
>     Option          "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, TV"
>     Option          "HorizSync" "CRT-0: 30-121; TV-0: 30-50"
>     Option          "VertRefresh" "CRT-0: 50-160; TV-0: 60"
>     Option          "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
>     Option          "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
>     Option          "MetaModes" "CRT-0: 1600x1200, TV-0: 800x600; CRT-0:
> 1280x1024, TV-0: 800x600;"
>     Option          "TVStandard" "PAL-B"
>     Option          "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE"
> 
>     SubSection     "Display"
>         Depth       24
>         Modes      "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
>     EndSubSection
> </snip>
> 
> In order to play a video on the tv set I now have to call mplayer in the
> following way:
> 
> mplayer -xineramascreen 0 -stop-xscreensaver -ontop -geometry 1600:0 \
>   -noborder -autosync 1 -x 790 -y 570 "$1"
> 
> Works ok. But I want to know if the following situation is possible:
> 
> I want to start a separate xserver for the TV set only when I need it
> (and of course to be able to switch it off accordingly). The important
> thing is that this xserver _may not_ influence my xserver for the crt.
> 
> Any help is highly appreciated.
> 
> TIA
> Dieter
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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