It does work. I also run the FE without any WM. I only start X.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/11/13 Nick Rout <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Michael T. Dean<br>
<<a href="mailto:mtdean@thirdcontact.com">mtdean@thirdcontact.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On 11/12/2009 04:57 PM, Brian J. Murrell wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On Thu, 2009-11-12 at 16:45 -0500, Michael T. Dean wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> What would be most efficient, however, would be to use something other<br>
>>> than a desktop environment--some lightweight window manager like Fluxbox or,<br>
>>> even better, RatPoison.<br>
>>><br>
>><br>
>> Or if it's a dedicated FE, no window manager at all.<br>
>><br>
>> Every time I suggest it at least one person tells me that it won't work.<br>
>> But I have been running this way since 0.19 and it's always been<br>
>> absolutely hiccup free in terms of window placement and focus.<br>
>><br>
>> Dedicated FEs, IMHO and experience don't need a WM.<br>
><br>
> It won't work.<br>
><br>
> MythTV itself uses multiple windows.<br>
<br>
</div>Is that new in 0.22? I always understood that no WM was needed if you<br>
weren't shelling out other programs like mplayer/xine etc. (Not that I<br>
have ever tried)<br>
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