[mythtv-users] OT: Fedora 25 & nodm / ratpoison

[Andrew Stadt]

On 04/02/17 11:58 AM, Nigel Jewell wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> Slightly off topic, but related to my MythTV frontend ...
>
>
> For years I've been using KDM/KDE for a MythTV frontend and for the 
> interest factor (rather than resource requirement) I want to try nodm 
> with ratpoison on Fedora 25.  However, I'm not getting very far ...
>
>
> If I stop kdm.service and start nodm.service I can see no evidence of 
> nodm trying to start the configured xsession. However, nodm just keeps 
> cycling and reporting "Server terminated successfully".  The content 
> of /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc does not appear to get executed.
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> Nige.
>
>
> /etc/nodm.conf:
>
>
> NODM_USER=mythtv
> NODM_XSESSION=/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
> NODM_MIN_SESSION_TIME=1
>
>
> /var/log/messages snippet:
>
>
> Feb  4 15:59:42 snip nodm: X.Org X Server 1.19.1
> Feb  4 15:59:42 snip nodm: Release Date: 2017-01-11
> Feb  4 15:59:42 snip nodm: X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
> Feb  4 15:59:42 snip nodm: Build Operating System: 
> 4.10.0-0.rc4.git0.2.fc26.x86_64
> Feb  4 15:59:42 snip nodm: Current Operating System: Linux [snip] 
> 4.9.6-200.fc25.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Jan 26 10:17:45 UTC 2017 x86_64
> Feb  4 15:59:42 snip nodm: Kernel command line: 
> BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.9.6-200.fc25.x86_64 
> root=UUID=9a96b0fb-8e4d-47d6-bfe2-9bbbdb2834e5 ro rd.lvm=0 rd.dm=0 
> vconsole.font=latarcyrheb-sun16 
> rd.md.uuid=f01c4334:490a88b7:e4f67b69:a2f95732 
> rd.md.uuid=5ed9b021:de03877f:5141b888:bfc4a1ab vconsole.keymap=uk 
> rd.luks=0 rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau locale.LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 
> nouveau.modeset=0 video=vesa:off LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> Feb  4 15:59:42 snip nodm: Build Date: 01 February 2017 02:03:54AM
> Feb  4 15:59:42 snip nodm: Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.19.1-3.fc25
> Feb  4 15:59:42 snip nodm: Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
> Feb  4 15:59:42 snip nodm: #011Before reporting problems, check 
> http://wiki.x.org
> Feb  4 15:59:42 snip nodm: #011to make sure that you have the latest 
> version.
> Feb  4 15:59:42 snip nodm: Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config 
> file, (==) default setting,
> Feb  4 15:59:42 snip nodm: #011(++) from command line, (!!) notice, 
> (II) informational,
> Feb  4 15:59:42 snip nodm: #011(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not 
> implemented, (??) unknown.
> Feb  4 15:59:42 snip nodm: (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: 
> Sat Feb  4 15:59:42 2017
> Feb  4 15:59:42 snip nodm: (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
> Feb  4 15:59:42 snip nodm: (==) Using config directory: 
> "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
> Feb  4 15:59:42 snip nodm: (==) Using system config directory 
> "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
> Feb  4 15:59:43 snip nodm: (II) Server terminated successfully (0). 
> Closing log file.
>
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So what is in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc?

When I tried this setup, I used NODM_XSESSION=/home/mythtv/.xinitrc
and for the record, /home/mythtv/.xinitrc needs to executable.
For my setup, it contains:

xset -dpms
xsetroot -solid black
xset s off
ratpoison &
#nvidia-settings
#nvidia-settings -l &
sleep 4
mythfrontend -v system -O FFMPEGTS=1 --syslog local7 --loglevel notice 
2>> /home/mythtv/myth-errors.txt

IIRC, the sleep was there to ensure the frontend didn't start before the 
network was up, it may or may not be necessary on your setup.