[mythtv-users] mythfrontend and Gnome or mythfrontend sans window manager with firefox?

[Nick Rout]

On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 7:03 AM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> I'm getting a MythTV system going for my parents, the kitchen frontend
> will also double as a light desktop (basically firefox). I'm thinking
> of having the desktop be Gnome since that is what she has on her
> laptop. When I do that mythfrontend doesn't cover the upper and lower
> panels and I'm not quite sure how to get it to display full screen, so
> any help with that would be great!
>

try turning off all those fancy X tricks (*buntu
System|Preferences|Appearances|Visual Affects - choose "none"

> Side question: I also thought perhaps run without a window manager and
> just having firefox as an option on the menu since that's really all
> they would be using other than MythTV on that computer. Has anyone
> tried this?
>
> thanks!
>
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