New Project: mythTV and ltsp (was: Re: [mythtv-users] Diskless frontends?)

Michael Messner michael.messner_edv at inode.at
Tue Jun 8 17:59:05 EDT 2004


Hello at all,

 at first my english is not very good so I hope everybody understands me!

Am Dienstag, 8. Juni 2004 21:59 schrieb Bruce Smith:
> > > Has anyone tried using a LTSP (ltsp.org) workstation as a frontend
> > > only box, with the main backend server also being the LTSP server?
> > > I wonder how that would work, assuming the backend is powerful
> > > enough?
> >
> > I'm working on a projekt which should do that!
> > mythTV is now almost working on ltsp, but I've some problems!
> >
> > I hope I can release it in the next few months!
>
> What problems are you having with it?
> I'm thinking about giving it a try myself.  Thanks!

At first I must say that I try to run mythTV as a local app, so that the 
server has not to much work and you can connect more terminals to one 
server!

I'm also trying to make a manual for a very nice case, I use a Harman 
Kardan case. I've got all the keys at the frontpanel to work and it looks 
very nice.

Now ltsp is booting and the login to the server is automatically working, 
then you must start mythTV by hand.
I can't test the TV-Plugin now because I've no TV-card, the music plugin 
isn't working because I've a bad QT-library from Suse.

The weather, image, news and video plugin is working (also xine)!

The browserplugin works but I have a problem with a dcopserver so the 
plugin won't work at all!

The DVD-Plugin I have not tried until yet, the games - plugin works except 
xmame.

I don't know how can I install lirc into the ltsp-tree (for this I will be 
glad if anybody can help me)!

hmmm, the next steps:

.)xmame
.)finish the case and the manual for the case
.)mythbrowser
.)test the DVD plugin and get to work
.)lirc
.)update to 0.15.1
.)find a name for the projekt (any ideas?)
.)start the projekt official with a alpha prerelease
.).......

any tips or ideas?

thank and cu
m1ke



-- 
Hacker werden einfach gemacht:
http://koeln.ccc.de/prozesse/writing/artikel/hacker-werden.html


More information about the mythtv-users mailing list