[mythtv-users] Multiple mythbackend processes

[Grant Edwards]

On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 12:40:45PM -0400, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:

>>> Not my fault if you've built a normal Qt that links against X.
>>
>> Fair enough.  Is there some sort of abnormal Qt that doesn't
>> require X11?
> 
> Qt/Embedded.  You need DirectFB, though.

In my case I'm running a frontend on the same machine and want
to keep X for other stuff, so it's no loss to have stuff linked
with X and not use it.  For people running a headless back end
server, it seems a bit of a waste.

> > > > 2) Why pull in Qt and X11 when there's no GUI?
> > >
> > > Because Qt does slightly more than just GUI stuff?
> >
> > I take it Qt isn't modular enough to not link in all the GUI
> > stuff if you don't use it?
> 
> No.  It's supposed to be planned for Qt 4.0, though.

That sounds like a big improvement for headless machines.

-- 
Grant Edwards
grante at visi.com