On 05/14/2011 08:42 AM, Coert Waagmeester wrote: > Hello all, > > Building myself a new media center setup. > I used to have an old xbox with xbmc. But the CPU is to slow for hi-def > video. > > Now I have a normal PC with keyboard and mouse in its place. > Normal Gentoo install. > > How can I get X to start up without login straight into XBMC? > Which (xdm,kdm,etc) should I use for this? > Or should I just start an xsession with xbmc out of some sort of init > script? > > On the XBMC forum I have found this link, and will try to get that going > in the meantime. > http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=41739 > > Any other media center tips would be appreciated! > Also going to try and put a normal USB plug on one of the old xbox > controllers. > > > Regards, > Coert > >
Hello all, Thanks for all the tips! I got it going with: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?p=266552 Combination of mingetty with autologin. My ~/.profile script then starts X with .xinitrc containing 'xbmc --standalone' Works like a charm, Coert Waagmeester
