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 >
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