[mythtv-users] RE: Gnome Vrs. KDE

Joseph A. Caputo jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Wed Jul 2 13:06:00 EDT 2003


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net]On Behalf Of Bill Peck
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 10:29 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] RE: Gnome Vrs. KDE
>
>
> Quoting "Michael J. Sherman" <msherman at dsbox.com>:
>
> >
> > I wouldn't recommend using Gnome *or* KDE.  I just use FVWM2 as my
> > window manager.  Edit your .xinitrc and just put these lines in:
> >
> > fvwm2&
> > /usr/local/bin/mythfrontend
> >
> > You don't need a desktop manager; just a window manager (with
> everything
> > in one window now, maybe not even that!).
> >
>
> I'm wondering if this will affect running additional apps like
> ogle?  I assume
> that ogle will still open a seperate window instead of running inside of
> mythtv's window right?  or is there some swallow magic happening in myth?

External programs open in their own windows, so you need a window manager if
you're going to launch external programs.  If you only running Myth and
don't have it configured to launch other apps, you could experiment running
without a window manager... I'm going to try this tonight.

-JAC



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