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KevinLarson
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 Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:08 pm Post subject: Multiple X sessions? |
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What I would like to do is have a way that I can watch videos on my tv without having to close my current X session. If I used one monitor, this would be easy because you can set up X to run a tv and a monitor, but I run twinview, and 2 monitors and a tv is not an option. My first thought was to switch between one monitor and the tv, but it looks like I would need to restart x each time. My second idea was to start up another X session which uses the tv as the display (if possible I would like to have it the tv and one of the two monitors, but couldn't even get that to work) I made a script that does this (starttv if you care) by using a second xorg.conf file. It works fine by itself (when X isnt already open) but when I try to run it without closing my current X session, I get this message | Code: |
Fatal server error:
Server is already active for display 0
If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
and start again.
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I'm using the 2.6.20-rc5 kernel
A geforce 6800gt with the 1.0.9746 drivers
Also, I am in no way commited to doing it this way. All I want is to be able to use my tv without having to close my X session and without sacrificing my second monitor. |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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startx -- :1
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| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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as nixnut said, (well he thought very hard): start on DISPLAY=:1 because, the first one (DISPLAY=:0 ) is already taken with your Xsession.
If you don't want to worry about which display is taken and which is not, then you can use xlaunch (link in my sig), it will find the first available DISPLAY and use it to start whatever you want, you can also chose to use a given xorg config file (explained here
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KevinLarson
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| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, that script is nice, but I can't figure out how to do what I want with it. I want to be able to play video on my tv (I would be fine with just mplayer-bin, xine, and vlc so I could make special cases for all of them) But when I make a specific case for mplayer-bin wouldn't it only play mplayer-bin on the tv? What I was trying is below:
| Code: | # Now we launch the program on an other DISPLAY
case "${FULL_PROG_NAME##*/}" in
# It's in a case, since you could want to launch other stuffs for a specific program
# e.g.: you're a XGL user, and want to start googleearth on an other DISPLAY, then
# you could want to start it with a minimal window manager:
# googleearth) xinit "${FULL_PROG_NAME}" $* -- :$DISPLAY_TO_USE $Xserverargs &
# DISPLAY:$DISPLAY_TO_USE minimal_WM &
xlaunch)
echo "The program can't call itself. Exiting!"
# Well, actually it can, but it will exit later, so exiting now..
exit 2;;
mplayer-bin)
Xserverargs="-config xorg.conf1 $Xserverargs"
echo "Starting ${FULL_PROG_NAME} on DISPLAY $DISPLAY_TO_USE"
xinit "${FULL_PROG_NAME}" $* -- $Xserver :$DISPLAY_TO_USE $Xserverargs &>/dev/null &
*)
echo "Starting ${FULL_PROG_NAME} on DISPLAY $DISPLAY_TO_USE"
xinit "${FULL_PROG_NAME}" $* -- $Xserver :$DISPLAY_TO_USE $Xserverargs &>/dev/null &
;;
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Running
xlaunch mplayer-bin <video file>
results in this error
| Code: | /home/scripts/xlaunch: line 380: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
/home/scripts/xlaunch: line 380: ` *) ' |
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truc
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| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | mplayer-bin)
Xserverargs="-config xorg.conf1 $Xserverargs"
echo "Starting ${FULL_PROG_NAME} on DISPLAY $DISPLAY_TO_USE"
xinit "${FULL_PROG_NAME}" $* -- $Xserver :$DISPLAY_TO_USE $Xserverargs &>/dev/null &
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you forgot the ;;
I don't know how you start X on the tv, but if using xorg.conf1 is enough, then this should work now, otherwise, just post your script "starttv"" so that I can see:)
BTW, when you'll get this working you can still add vlc and others like that:
| Code: | | mplayer-bin|vlc|others) |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:17 am Post subject: |
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KevinLarson
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| Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:15 am Post subject: |
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| It suddenly stopped working. Added xine, vlc, more, then it stopped working. I deleted the stuff and then recreated just the mplayer-bin one, but it still wouldn't work. |
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truc
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| Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:29 am Post subject: |
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we would need more info :/
do you have any error?
You could put some "echo" here and there to see where it fails.
it it is the 'xinit' line which fail, you can remove &> /dev/null at the end of the line
| Code: | | xinit "${FULL_PROG_NAME}" $* -- $Xserver :$DISPLAY_TO_USE $Xserverargs &>/dev/null & |
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| Code: | | xinit "${FULL_PROG_NAME}" $* -- $Xserver :$DISPLAY_TO_USE $Xserverargs & |
Hope that helps 
PS: you could also download the script again, just in case you modify the script where it should be
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| Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry, I forgot to put the output (durr).
| Code: | kevin@localhost /mnt/mstorage/Movies/Death To Smoochy [Eng][XviD][2002] $ xlaunch mplayer-bin Death\ To\ Smoochy\ \[Eng\]\[XviD\]\[2002\].avi -fs
Starting /usr/bin/mplayer-bin on DISPLAY 1
xrdb: "XTerm*boldMode" on line 19 overrides entry on line 3
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Ok, meanwhile the nvidia logo displays on my tv then I see the pointer (the standard x, not my e17 one) for a half second to a second, then it turns off and I'm back to the x session I ran xlaunch from. |
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truc
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| Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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you probably have several of these files:
| Code: | | Xresources="$HOME/.Xresources $HOME/.Xdefaults $xinitdir/Xresources $xinitdir/Xdefault" |
and an error/conflict between them.
try to fix them.
If you need specific ressource for your TV, (or nothing at all) remember you can redefine the Xresources variable in the loop where you added the mplayer case.
(as you probably don't need xterm on your TV, then 'empty-ing' this variable in the loop can be a good idea.)
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| Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:42 am Post subject: |
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I'm not sure how to fix them. I'm not familiar with x resources, so I don't know what I do/don't need for my tv. If it isn't related to watching media, I really don't need it for my tv. I would imagine I could empty the variable, but I'm not to sure how I would do that.
Xresources=null or 0? |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:53 am Post subject: |
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in the case loop :
should be enough
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| Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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I tried:
| Code: | mplayer-bin)
Xserverargs="-config xorg.conf1 $Xserverargs"
Xresources=""
echo "Starting ${FULL_PROG_NAME} on DISPLAY $DISPLAY_TO_USE"
xinit "${FULL_PROG_NAME}" $* -- $Xserver :$DISPLAY_TO_USE $Xserverargs &>/dev/null &
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And got the same behavior. |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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then add an "echo something" in the mplayer-bin case just to be sure it really is executing these commands.
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KevinLarson
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| Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:21 am Post subject: |
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This code:
| Code: | mplayer-bin)
Xserverargs="-config xorg.conf1 $Xserverargs"
Xresources=""
echo "Starting ${FULL_PROG_NAME} on DISPLAY $DISPLAY_TO_USE"
xinit "${FULL_PROG_NAME}" $* -- $Xserver :$DISPLAY_TO_USE $Xserverargs $
echo "Worked"
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kevin@localhost ~ $ xlaunch mplayer-bin Death\ To\ Smoochy\ \[Eng\]\[XviD\]\[2002\].avi -fs
Starting /usr/bin/mplayer-bin on DISPLAY 1
Worked
kevin@localhost ~ $ |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:14 am Post subject: |
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and you still have the xrdb problem? I'm afraid I have no other idea, :/ sorry
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| Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:27 am Post subject: |
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| No, I dont have the xrdb problem. It just displays the nvidia logo then exits... No errors displayed or anything. Is there some sort of log I could look at? |
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KevinLarson
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| Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:30 am Post subject: |
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Also: heres my var/log for my xorg.1
| Code: | kevin@localhost ~ $ cat /var/log/Xorg.1.log | grep WW
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist.
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum
(WW) Option "Protocol" requires an string value
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| Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 8:31 am Post subject: |
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xorg.1.log is the only log we have, (if it's running on the DISPLAY :1
instead of looking for warning (WW) you should look for error (EE)
also, one thing you can try, is to run something else ( eg without the -fs option, or even something completly different, like xlaunch firefox or something ( don't dorget to add the name in the mlayer-bin|case) )
I will try tonight to run something like xlaunch mplayer movie.mpg -fs just in case the problem was with xlaunch/mplayer, I'll let you know.
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 3:34 am Post subject: |
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| I just found something when I tried looked at the /var/log/Xorg. The last line is FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing. Is there any chance this could be what is causing it to fail? |
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 8:27 am Post subject: |
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well, the problem is probably with xlaunch, I can start a movie, but I cannot start a mo\ vie, (nor a "mo vie" ), I'll look into this ASAP
EDIT: Now I remember, I used $* instead of "$@" because of the XPLAYER feature/option, but you don't need it, so, ni the case loop, change this
| Code: | | xinit "${FULL_PROG_NAME}" $* -- $Xserver :$DISPLAY_TO_USE $Xserverargs &>/dev/null & |
| to this: | | xinit "${FULL_PROG_NAME}" "$@" -- $Xserver :$DISPLAY_TO_USE $Xserverargs &>/dev/null & |
and it should work (better)
problem fixed in new version of xlaunch 
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