[mythtv-users] Disk Space Way Wrong

[Mike Perkins]

On 23/04/12 05:53, Don Lewis wrote:
> On 22 Apr, Mike Perkins wrote:
>> On 21/04/12 23:14, Don Lewis wrote:
>
>>> My only complaints are that mythtv-setup paints the screen very slowly
>>> over ssh, and it takes over the entire screen.  I'm looking forward to
>>> the upcoming switch to web based configuration.
>>>
>> I do the same (mythtv-setup over SSH) and I've never seen slow painting of
>> screens. I suggest you look for other reasons for the slowdown.
>
> It's a 100 Mbit network and file transfers run at the expected speed. My
> first suspicion is the default painter.  The graphics card on my desktop
> probably doesn't support OpenGL very well.
>
My network is 100 Mbit too. As an extra complication, I'm running this via my 
main server which I'm currently logged into via an LTSP 4.2 thin client. The 
client runs a crappy SiS 760 video chip the driver of which is so bad I've 
overridden it with the VESA driver... still no problems with the display. I can 
do anything with myth from the thin client except display video, as you might 
expect.

>> Why complain that it takes over the entire screen? When I'm doing setup I want
>> my entire attention to be on a task that it's very easy to screw up. While it's
>> away doing things I can always Alt+Tab to whatever else I have open.
>
> When I do the delete all capture cards and input sources dance, it would
> be nice to be able to view my configuration notes in another window
> while adding everything back again.  It would also be nice to be able to
> copy and paste the channel changer commands to avoid typos.  On several
> occasions I've had recording failures due to incorrectly typed channel
> changer commands.
>
Yeah, that can be a pain. Alt+Tab is what I use and it's enough. Cut+Paste would 
be a useful addition to the toolbox, especially for UK xmltv values, which can 
be tedious 30+ character URIs being entered into boxes designed for short 
numeric US values. Oh, and our call signs can be a lot longer than 5 characters too.

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Mike Perkins