Dual mointors, move too second monitor [solved]

Hi
I have a dual monitor setup on my laptop with different resolutions and aspect
1. LCD widescreen
2. projector not widescreen
I'd like to run mythfrontend on the projector screen
It starts up on the LCD screen
How can I transfer it too the second screen or start it on the second screen?
I am using KDE4
Any keyboard shortcut?
It works as expected.
If I use mplayer and manually drag the window to the projector screen then hit fullscreen it displays correctly even with the different aspect ratio
Is there a was to start an app on the second screen?
Havnt worked it out yet but there is an option to run mythfrontend on the second screen
Last edited by chrisb (2010-04-02 22:10:42)

In mythfrontend, go to Setup > Appearance and on the second page of options there is the option 'Display on screen:' change this value to force it onto your other screen
Last edited by fastfret79 (2010-04-02 12:16:23)

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