[mythtv-users] How to start X correctly for MythTV

gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman) glandix at lloydnet.org
Sun May 22 18:55:20 UTC 2005


Donavan Stanley wrote:
> On 5/22/05, Karsten Jeppesen <karsten at jeppesens.com> wrote:
> 
>>I am not using twm (the X-window manager) because MythTV is the only
>>application using the screen.
> 
> 
> And that's your problem.  You must use a window manager of some sort
> when using any of the plugins that launch external apps.  Try
> something like ratpoison.

not really .. i used it fine without any wm ... only reason i switched 
back to using fluxbox was so i could run an xterm in the background that 
i could alt-tab to if/when i had problems and didn't want to run into my 
office to ssh in

-g-


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