[mythtv-users] Can mythtv be started without a wimdowmanager

[Kevin Kuphal]

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> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Asciimonster
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 10:43 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Can mythtv be started without a wimdowmanager
> 
> 
> I now have separate partitions for Linux and 
> Linux-with-mythtv. I'm currently trying to remove unused 
> things to speedup the boot-to-myth 
> loadtime and have the entire process load automatically.
> I've changed from kde to fvwm2, and that speeded things up enormously.
> 
> Just curious: can myth be started without starting a window 
> manager? (Or 
> conversely can it get the function of the window manager?)
> 


MythTV has QT-Embedded/DirectFB support if you build it yourself from CVS
which doesn't require X at all.  I'm not sure how stable it is as I don't
use it but you might want to look at it.  I think there is a guide linked
around somewhere.  Try searching the archives for DirectFB.

Kevin