Re: [mythtv-users] Ratpoisonrc example

2006-01-09 Thread Support [ Ian Ward ]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ more .Xclients exec ./.Xclients-ratpoison [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ more .Xclients-ratpoison #!/bin/bash /usr/bin/ratpoison # To get an xterm with Ratpoison, Control-c Control-t c # Load nVidia driver custom settings #nvidia-settings --load-config-only # Stop the Nvidia

Re: [mythtv-users] Re:How do you use the keyboard instead of mouse in X?

2005-12-28 Thread Support [ Ian Ward ]
Alexander Petkov wrote: Here's how to use the keyboard for control of the mouse pointer: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/x-faq/part2/section-19.html Ratpoison is a window manager that is designed to not need the mouse ( hence ratpoison ) Here is a repost of a message I sent some time ago.

[mythtv-users] OT: Apt and RPM rollbacks..

2005-12-22 Thread Support [ Ian Ward ]
OT, but I'm sure most on the list can benefit. There's nothing worse than busting your system whilst updating it. On other RedHat systems I find it usefull to use the rollback feature in up2date or manually specify --repackage on the rpm commandline. This would be especially helpfull when

[mythtv-users] Having fun with OSD

2005-12-18 Thread Support [ Ian Ward ]
I thought I would share the mythtv user's crontab with the list. Open Source is even good for parenting ;-) 0 21 * * * /usr/bin/mythtvosd --template=alert alert_text=Jessica or Tegan, who is doing the wash up?? 20 21 * * 0-4 /usr/bin/mythtvosd --template=alert alert_text=!!! Time for BED !!!

Re: [mythtv-users] Having fun with OSD

2005-12-18 Thread Support [ Ian Ward ]
Brad DerManouelian wrote: You inspired me. I just wrote this quick script to display my MythNews headlines. Anyone know if it's possible to trigger an external script while watching TV? I set it to run every hour, but I'd much prefer it to run when I hit a button on my remote and feel

[mythtv-users] Window Managers - Success with ratpoison instead of kde

2005-10-28 Thread Support [ Ian Ward ]
Hi all, I had been meaning to try this for ages, but was bored today so I thought I would risk WAF FAF I have a master backend/frontend running on FC3, I use my FC4 workstation as a frontend when the family insist on watching soap. ratpoison makes alot of sense as kde is such a beast. I

Re: [mythtv-users] Best audio crard for AC3/DTS over SPIDF

2005-10-20 Thread Support [ Ian Ward ]
Greg Whalin wrote: I currently have a Shuttle w/ A7N8X-Delux (nforce2) mboard and a direct coax digital connection over spidf to my receiver (Sony STR-DE995). PCM 2 channel works great. However, I am unable to use AC3 or DTS passthrough in myth, xine, or mplayer. When I try, I get a