David,<br><br> I would not call this definitive by any stretch but on my system (I followed the same instructions by the way) I run mythfrontend as "mythtv". The backend gets run at startup from /etc/init.d so I assume the backend is running as root.
<br><br> So to answer your question, I think you should do automatic login as mythtv (since I know for sure it works for the manual process).<br><br>P.S. - I thought it was somewhat odd that those instructions go directly to automatic login as part of the process. Personally, I would add that later since it is such a minor issue (and easy to get working).
<br><br>--<br>Mike<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/1/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Fishburn</b> <<a href="mailto:fishburn@ianywhere.com">fishburn@ianywhere.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>I am following the instructions at:<br><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythTV_Edgy_Backend_Frontend">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythTV_Edgy_Backend_Frontend</a><br><br>This is my first Myth install so just need a bit of clarification.
<br><br><br>###########<br>Start gdm. Choose openbox for your session. The login is very quick, almost<br>instantaneous. Be sure to login as your normal user, and not the mythtv user<br>(The mythtv user is only used to run mythbackend).
<br> sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart<br><br>Right click the desktop and choose the terminal. Run gdmsetup to configure<br>an automatic login for the mythtv user as well as a time delayed login if<br>you logout. This will make the bootup a lot more streamlined (especially for
<br>HTPC use)<br> sudo gdmsetup<br>############<br><br>In the screen captures of the gdmsetup, the show to set the "Enable<br>Automatic Login" to "superm1".<br><br>The above says:<br>- "The mythtv user is only used to run mythbackend"
<br>- "Run gdmsetup to configure an automatic login for the mythtv user"<br>- "Enable Automatic Login" to "superm1"<br><br>So which is it?<br>Should we automatically login the mythtv user?<br>
This machine is being used as both the backend and the frontend.<br><br>TIA<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org
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