[mythtv-users] Ratpoison overscan
Bruce Smith
mythtv at reddog.org
Wed Jun 9 12:15:16 EDT 2004
> That's a fair enough question, I guess. The basic reason is that I
> need to have an xterm available, and visible from the TV. My convoluted TV-out
> video setup *requires* a custom X modeline to output to the TV, so just
> switching to the console won't work. If it weren't for that, I wouldn't really
> need one at all.
>
> It's one-man band, too... no network, no VGA monitor, etc. I can't
> tweak with anything or copy off videos that I record without using the TV as
> the monitor. With my video output setup, however, the quality is definately
> good enough to read standard 640x480 text screen.
I have mine setup so GDM logs in user "mythtv" after a delay of a few
seconds, and that user has a .Xclients files to start myth with no WM.
If I want an xterm, I manually login as a different user.
- BS
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