[mythtv] X-less Backend Setup

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 12:41:37AM -0800, Cedar McKay wrote:

> On Dec 9, 2003, at 9:31 PM, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> 
> >On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 07:16:34PM -0500, Keir Christian Lauritzen 
> >wrote:
> >
> >>For me to setup the headless backend, I had to install X, Qt, and set 
> >>it
> >>up.  Is it possible easy to have a X-less setup and write an ncurses
> >>setup program?  I run Gentoo and it adds a while to include all of 
> >>that.
> >
> >I think you've identified the origin of the problem here.
> >
> Good grief. People have been pretty good about not picking on 
> each-other's distros. Be nice.

Problem: compiling XFree86 and Qt from source takes a long time
Solution: try to remove MythTV's dependencies on Qt and XFree86?!

I wasn't making fun of his distribution.  The last time I checked, Gentoo
allowed you to install at least precompiled XFree86.

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 - mdz