On 5/21/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Nick Ellson</b> <<a href="mailto:grimm@nickellson.com">grimm@nickellson.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>So sorry, I should have mentioned this: Gentoo Linux, 2.6.16-R7.<br><br>What method do you use for auto login and start-up of MythTV Frontend?<br><br>Nick<br><br><br>--<br>Nick Ellson<br>CCDA, CCNP, CCSP, CCAI,<br>MCSE 2000, Security+, Network+
<br>Network Hobbyist, VFR Private Pilot.<br><br><br>On Sun, 21 May 2006, Allan Wilson wrote:<br><br>> On 5/21/06, Nick Ellson <<a href="mailto:grimm@nickellson.com">grimm@nickellson.com</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>
>><br>>> Hi all,<br>>><br>>> I am trying to set my MythTV frontend (also the backend) so that from a<br>>> power on/reset it will come up and load the Mythfrontend.<br>>><br>>> I created a lowly user, told gnome to auto-login as that user. (that seems
<br>>> to work)<br>>><br>>> I have a dual output GeForce 4 (using the DMI for Myth, the CRT for<br>>> administration) And I normally start mythfront end like this:<br>>><br>>> DISPLAY=":
0.1" mythfrontend<br>>><br>>> My lowly user couldn't do that and capture the sound card. (Even the gnome<br>>> panel audio control stays permanently muted.) So I have the user "sudo"<br>
>> start the command above. That "kinda" worked.. Watching .iso movie rips<br>>> works fine, but LiveTV has no sound. When I run alsamixer all my outputs<br>>> are un-muted and at high volume. The same effect with MythMusic, it sees
<br>>> all my .mp3's, but will not play any of them. My MP3 directory is 777<br>>> even.<br>>><br>>> I am not sure if the reason I am having audio troubles is due to how I<br>>> have my lowly user set-up. When I was just running a root account,
<br>>> everything worked (MythDVD/MythTV/MythMusic)<br>>><br>>> I have also noticed that the MythTV module has odd behavior. If I have<br>>> shows<br>>> in the program queue ready to record, and I add one, I no longer see ANY
<br>>> of them. I have to drop the back-end and restart it, then my previous<br>>> programs and my new one show up. If I am watching LIVE TV and I hit<br>>> record, that taping works, but never shows up in the "Previously
<br>>> Recorded" list of shows, again until I restart Mythbackend.<br>>><br>>> I would like to keep the auto login idea so my family doesn't have to mess<br>>> with Linux. If I try to start the frontend before the GDM desktop is up,
<br>>> it fails to get my DISPLAY=":0.1" (as that display is still the B&W Xorg<br>>> cross-hatching.)<br>>><br>>> I am sorry if I have posted unrelated problems, but just in case all are
<br>>> related in an obvious way I thought it might help.<br>>><br>>> Has anyone done the auto-login method using GDM that would share how you<br>>> set it up?<br>>><br>>> Nick<br>>
<br>><br>> What flavor of linux are you using? I am using Ubuntu and have that<br>> working fine.<br>><br>> Allan<br>><br>><br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list
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I am using Ubuntu and I have a setup program called sessions that lets
me specify startup programs. I haven't used Gentoo in a while but you
may want to look here and see if it will help:<br>
<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><a href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Autostart_Programs"><font size="1">http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Autostart_Programs</font></a><br>
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Allan<br>