[mythtv-users] Myth Permissions, sound and auto login

[Nick Ellson]

So sorry, I should have mentioned this: Gentoo Linux, 2.6.16-R7.

What method do you use for auto login and start-up of MythTV Frontend?

Nick


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On Sun, 21 May 2006, Allan Wilson wrote:

> On 5/21/06, Nick Ellson <grimm at nickellson.com> wrote:
>> 
>>
>>  Hi all,
>>
>>  I am trying to set my MythTV frontend (also the backend) so that from a
>>  power on/reset it will come up and load the Mythfrontend.
>>
>>  I created a lowly user, told gnome to auto-login as that user. (that seems
>>  to work)
>>
>>  I have a dual output GeForce 4 (using the DMI for Myth, the CRT for
>>  administration) And I normally start mythfront end like this:
>>
>>  DISPLAY=":0.1" mythfrontend
>>
>>  My lowly user couldn't do that and capture the sound card. (Even the gnome
>>  panel audio control stays permanently muted.) So I have the user "sudo"
>>  start the command above. That "kinda" worked.. Watching .iso movie rips
>>  works fine, but LiveTV has no sound. When I run alsamixer all my outputs
>>  are un-muted and at high volume. The same effect with MythMusic, it sees
>>  all my .mp3's, but will not play any of them. My MP3 directory is 777
>>  even.
>>
>>  I am not sure if the reason I am having audio troubles is due to how I
>>  have my lowly user set-up. When I was just running a root account,
>>  everything worked (MythDVD/MythTV/MythMusic)
>>
>>  I have also noticed that the MythTV module has odd behavior. If I have
>>  shows
>>  in the program queue ready to record, and I add one, I no longer see ANY
>>  of them. I have to drop the back-end and restart it, then my previous
>>  programs and my new one show up. If I am watching LIVE TV and I hit
>>  record, that taping works, but never shows up in the "Previously
>>  Recorded" list of shows, again until I restart Mythbackend.
>>
>>  I would like to keep the auto login idea so my family doesn't have to mess
>>  with Linux. If I try to start the frontend before the GDM desktop is up,
>>  it fails to get my DISPLAY=":0.1" (as that display is still the B&W Xorg
>>  cross-hatching.)
>>
>>  I am sorry if I have posted unrelated problems, but just in case all are
>>  related in an obvious way I thought it might help.
>>
>>  Has anyone done the auto-login method using GDM that would share how you
>>  set it up?
>>
>>  Nick
>
>
> What  flavor of linux are you  using? I am using  Ubuntu and have that
> working fine.
>
> Allan
>
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