On 4/4/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Campbell</b> <<a href="mailto:dave@cpfc.org">dave@cpfc.org</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;">
A JM wrote:<br>> Thanks guys for the replys.<br>><br>> Openbox looks interesting... is it a complete desktop manager? Could<br>> you give a little more info on how your running Myth with it and how<br>> it integrates into Ubuntu?
<br><br>I used to use openbox but unless you are running on a P3 or some low end<br> PC it really makes little difference in the machines performance IMVHO.</blockquote><div><br>I'm using an AthlonXP 2500+, and while I'm sure it could handle using Gnome or KDE, I just didn't see the point in loading those libraries up when they wouldn't be used.
<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">There is no integration with Ubuntu other than selecting openbox when<br>you login via GDM or KDM.
<br><br>It just *works*</blockquote><div><br>I have a custom xsession file, mythtv.xsession. I have GDM set to automatically log in as the mythtv user using the mythtv xsession file. The xsession file exec's a simple bash script,
myth-startmythfrontend.sh. That script does some tidying up of the environment, then launches mythfrontend& and then exec's openbox.<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Openbox used to annoy me because it used to forget the audio mixer<br>settings every login plus I didn't know how to do alt +f3 or whatever to<br>launch a shell when in myth to see what is going on without exiting -<br>
I'm sure it's possible but I never read any docs.</blockquote><div><br>Reseting the audio mixer settings is one of the 'tidying up' tasks. Also, launching gnome-screensaver, mounting my music from a remote server, making sure my nvidia settings are correct, and launching irexec for my remote.
<br><br>Openbox has four virtual desktops by default, so if I need a terminal or something, I just ctrl+alt+-> to get the next desktop and open one there. Works great.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Personally I much prefer KDE because it's easy to sayon boot - login as<br>mythtv and launch mythfrontend. Kinda handy when other people have to<br>access mythtv when you aren't there.</blockquote><div><br>With the automatic login from GDM, plus setting the timed login to also login to the mythtv user, it works great. The timed login is so that my room mates can just restart X, without restarting the whole computer, and it'll still login for them. Did I mention that Openbox loads much faster than gnome, so they can get back to watching faster?
<br><br>I've trained the room mates to restart X, because it's a combined frontend/backend, and I don't want recordings being interrupted by a reboot.<br> </div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Dave</blockquote><div><br>Mike <br></div><br></div><br>