[mythtv-users] X Sartup ?

[David Frascone]

On Feb 4, 2008 3:19 AM, Dave <dave at 0bits.com> wrote:

> Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com wrote:
>  >
>  > With the exception of the very broken/unsupported "no window manager"
>  > option, this page has some pretty OK solutions:
>  > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Frontend_Auto_Login
>  >
>  > (And, before people start posting, "It works for me," just because
>  > you haven't found what's broken doesn't mean it works.  And, there's
>  > no benefit to running without a WM:
>  >
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Do_I_really_need_a_window_manager_for_a_frontend_only_box.3F
>  .)
>
> You may say that, but there is NO benefit to running a window manager
> and there is NO focus issues. I've been running a pure frontend for 8
> months without a window manager. Mythtv doesn't present multiple windows
> so you never lose focus. So if you're ONLY using a remote - i.e. not
> using a keyboard to type into the myth web browser, etc, then there is
> no use in running a window manager.
>
> You can point to all the wiki's you want, but unless you can show me a
> use case which focus is lost without a windows manager running, then i
> stand by my statement and so does my wife.


Sometimes I ssh in and spawn an x-term to use via x11vnc.  And, the XM Radio
hack spawns new windows to show the song that's playing.  Would both of
these actions work w/o a WM?

-Dave
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