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 > > >
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