[mythtv-users] Multiple mythbackend processes

Isaac Richards ijr at po.cwru.edu
Fri Apr 30 11:48:07 EDT 2004


On Friday 30 April 2004 11:09 am, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 10:43:42AM -0400, Isaac Richards wrote:
> >> I'm also a bit surprised to see that mythbackend is an X11/Qt
> >> app.  Since the backend doesn't have a user-interface (right?),
> >> why does it need X11/Qt?
> >
> > It's not an X11/Qt app, it's just Qt.
>
> 1) It's not an X11 app yet it requires libX11, libXext,
>    libXt, libXmu, libXv, libXrender, libXcursor, libXft?

Not my fault if you've built a normal Qt that links against X.

> 2) Why pull in Qt and X11 when there's no GUI?

Because Qt does slightly more than just GUI stuff?

Isaac


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