[mythtv-users] Tips to make my MythTV box feel less like a computer?

[Paul Bender]

Ben Lancaster wrote:

> On 4 Jul 2006, at 15:15, Ryan Steffes wrote:
> 
> 
>>On 7/3/06, Ivan Kowalenko <ivan.kowalenko at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>On Jul 3, 2006, at 18.02, Ben Lancaster wrote:
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>>>>Hey.
>>>>I have an FC5 based Myth box using RatPoison for the WM (can
>>>>thoroughly recommend it), but I was wondering whether there were any
>>>>more "bare bones"-esque settings I can change? I'm thinking:
>>>>
>>>>1) On-boot loading screens (the one where it's starting services  
>>>>etc)
>>>
>>>What about bootsplash? Isn't that what BootSplash does? Ubuntu has
>>>something like what you want, Mandrake had it (before it became
>>>Mandriva).
>>
>>Ah yep, that's what I get for replying to one before reading them  
>>all, bootsplash is what I use, and it's conveniently located at   
>>bootsplash.org if you don't use a packaging manager like apt or yum.
> 
> 
> Hey, thanks. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be 2.6.16 ready just  
> yet, can't seem to find any FC5 x86_64 RPMs either!
> 
> Ah well, maybe next time...
> 
> Ben

You might try splashutils 
<http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/gensplash/>. Unlike bootsplash, 
if all you want is a graphical boot screen, then you do not need to 
patch the kernel. I use it in MiniMyth <http://linpvr.org> and it works 
well. Originally, I used bootsplash. However, I found splashutils to be 
more convenient, because it does not require kernel patch.