My response was regarding a temporary screen to display remote control usage information, not an X background.
On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 17:21:54 -0600, Scott Rowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why change it temporarily? I changed it in my wm's config, so that on boot > I see.. Post.. Lilo init.. Bootsplash (w/progress bar).. GANT background.. > MythTV's loading theme cache.. Myth UI. > > -Scott > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Collett > > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 2:08 AM > > To: Phill Edwards > > Cc: Discussion about mythtv > > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Bootsplash theme for MythTV? > > > > How about changing the X root background (temporarily) to > > this remote image, then 'hiding' mythtv by minimising or > > backgrounding etc (can you do that). > > > > Dave > > > > > > On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:46:15 +1100, Phill Edwards > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > G'day all, > > > > Is anyone using bootsplash? > > > > Does anyone know of a mythtv bootsplash theme? > > > > What about background images (ie. to use as X root image > > while mfe > > > > is loading)? or any other mythtv artwork which might be useful in > > > > creating a bootsplash theme. > > > > > > > > I'm in the 'polishing' stage of my mythbox building.... software > > > > suspend 2 seems to be working nicely for me, as does nvram-wakeup. > > > > Bootsplash combined with swsusp2 would make for a snappy and > > > > attractive bootup. > > > > > > I'm not using bootsplash. I'm on FC2 and it uses grub boot > > loader. By > > > default that did a graphical boot which I removed as I like > > to see all > > > the messages when it's booting up. I did create a background image > > > which I display during the window manager startup which is a MythTV > > > image with some text saying "Press xxx on the remote to > > start MythTV" > > > - nicer than a blank screen. > > > > > > I've been wondering what would be a good way of taking this > > further by > > > popping up a screen which shows a picture of the remote > > with some text > > > describing each button - just a static image, nothing > > fancy. What prog > > > could be used to pop up the image over MythTV - it needs to do it > > > pretty much instantly so a web browser is out - and could it be > > > programmed to go away by pressing any button on the remote > > (presumably > > > it could if it had lirc built in rather than relying on irexevent)? > > > > > > Regards, > > > Phill > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >
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