[mythtv-users] Can mythtv be started without a wimdowmanager
Kevin Kuphal
kevin.kuphal at myrealbox.com
Tue Apr 27 12:25:02 EDT 2004
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> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Asciimonster
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 10:43 AM
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> Subject: [mythtv-users] Can mythtv be started without a wimdowmanager
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>
> I now have separate partitions for Linux and
> Linux-with-mythtv. I'm currently trying to remove unused
> things to speedup the boot-to-myth
> loadtime and have the entire process load automatically.
> I've changed from kde to fvwm2, and that speeded things up enormously.
>
> Just curious: can myth be started without starting a window
> manager? (Or
> conversely can it get the function of the window manager?)
>
MythTV has QT-Embedded/DirectFB support if you build it yourself from CVS
which doesn't require X at all. I'm not sure how stable it is as I don't
use it but you might want to look at it. I think there is a guide linked
around somewhere. Try searching the archives for DirectFB.
Kevin
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