On 11/28/05, Robin Gilks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm running gentoo on a keyboardless/mouseless box so this is what I came
up with.
If not already using it, emerge mingetty and put the following into
/etc/inittab - this will log you in as the mythtv user:
c7:12345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --autologin=mythtv tty7
Next, make sure that you have a home directory for the mythtv user in
/etc/passwd:
mythtv:x:1000:100::/home/mythtv:/bin/bash
In that home directory, create a .bash_profile file like this - this
starts up X only if running on vertual terminal 7, so if you telnet or ssh
into the box it doesn't throw a wobbly. It also restarts X if the frontend
crashes:
if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ] && [ $(tty) == /dev/tty7 ]; then
while [ 1 == 1 ]
do
startx
sleep 10
done
fi
The next step is to get X to start up a window manager and the mythtv
frontend. This is done in .xinitrc which should contain something like
this. Note that by uncommenting a line or two I can also run up the setup
or an xterm:
xset -dpms s off
xsetroot -solid black
x11vnc -many -q -bg -rfbauth .vnc/passwd
fvwm2 &
mythfrontend > /home/mythtv/mythfrontend.log 2>&1
#mythtv-setup
#xterm
Finally, a bit of fine tuning of the window manager (fvwm2 in my case but
other lightweight ones could be used). This is my .fvwm2rc file:
# Submitted by Scott Elliott <selliott at insight.rr.com>
Style "*" RandomPlacement, DumbPlacement
Style myth* NoTitle, NoHandles, Sticky, WindowListSkip, SloppyFocus,
GrabFocus, BorderWidth 0
Style xmame* NoTitle, NoHandles, Sticky, WindowListSkip, SloppyFocus,
GrabFocus, BorderWidth 0, StaysOnTop
Style mplayer* NoTitle, NoHandles, Sticky, WindowListSkip, SloppyFocus,
GrabFocus, BorderWidth 0
Enjoy...
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Robin Gilks
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