[mythtv-users] X Sartup ?

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Feb 4, 2008, at 12:19 AM, Dave wrote:

> You may say that, but there is NO benefit to running a window manager
> and there is NO focus issues. I've been running a pure frontend for 8
> months without a window manager. Mythtv doesn't present multiple  
> windows
> so you never lose focus. So if you're ONLY using a remote - i.e. not
> using a keyboard to type into the myth web browser, etc, then there is
> no use in running a window manager.
>
> You can point to all the wiki's you want, but unless you can show me a
> use case which focus is lost without a windows manager running, then i
> stand by my statement and so does my wife.

Use an external player to play videos or MythGame. You will need a  
window manager. If you are uing MythTV in the limited way that you  
are, you will not need a window manager. If you use every feature, you  
do need one.