On 4/21/05, Damion de Soto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Also, I am running mythtv completely embedded from ROM (the front end), so > >>there is really not much room for a window manager, not to mention that on > >>a dedicated unit (not embedded), I have always had better success by > >>ditching the wm, so this route is not for everyone either. > > > > > > A window manager is required for full operation of myth. If you're not > > using > > one, you've got bugs. > Why is this? > I was wondering this a few weeks ago, when i discovered it was > my window manager that was causing me troubles trying to get > myth to start ogle to watch DVDs (fvwm2 wasn't centering ogle's window on the > screen, > and I could see the mythtv border along one edge). > > I don't know any of the technicalities of it, but it would seem > better to me to just let mythtv run full screen directly without requiring > a window manager, no? > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Damion de Soto - Software Engineer email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > SnapGear - A CyberGuard Company --- ph: +61 7 3435 2809 > | Custom Embedded Solutions fax: +61 7 3891 3630 > | and Security Appliances web: http://www.snapgear.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > --- Free Embedded Linux Distro at http://www.snapgear.org --- > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-dev > > >
We run ours without a window manager. Instructions are in Part 6 of our MythTV tutorial if you're interested. The only down side we've found is an occassional key focus problem. -- Tim www.magicitx.com _______________________________________________ mythtv-dev mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-dev
