[mythtv-users] Myth frontend on SteamOS with Suse 13.1 backend

Kevin Johnson iitywygms at gmail.com
Fri May 2 21:32:15 UTC 2014


On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 2:18 PM, John Marshall <mythtv at marshallparty.org>wrote:

> However, my son now has SteamOS installed on his machine for gaming and
>> I would like to run Myth frontend on that OS instead of using a second
>> machine or dual-boot into OpenSuse to get MythTV.
>>
>
> Just to give you an alternative, I use Mythbuntu and have Steam integrated
> into Myth's menu.  I just installed the Steam deb file and then added a
> menu item in mainmenu.xml to launch it*.  If he is usually gaming then the
> extra step of getting to Steam from Myth might be a pain, but it might be
> easier to manage/support Myth on Mythbuntu than SteamOS.  Steam itself
> should be about the same between each.  Also, I don't know if you can
> launch anything from within Steam, so to start Mythfrontend on SteamOS
> might require you to exit and start Myth from the desktop.  In my setup I
> can solely rely on my remote and xbox 360 controller.
>
> * I'd be remiss not to mention this caveat - some games refuse to start
> when I launch Steam from Mythfrontend.  They start launching but just get
> stuck at a black screen and I have to kill the game process (Steam is
> fine).  They work fine when Steam is started from the desktop, even if
> Mythfrontend is running.  I haven't yet figured out the issue, but I'm
> pretty sure some of the games that are afflicted used to work fine.  I had
> to kill something once for different reasons and I think something might
> have gotten borked, but I can't say for sure.
>
> I can get half life to launch from the main menu of mythtv.  But it always
hangs when closing.
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