Craig White wrote: > On Tue, 2004-03-16 at 23:45, Kevin Brown wrote: > > >>>Why won't it automatically log in as user mythtv without entering a >>>password? >> >>Hmm, Could be a possibility of which X login app is running (XDM, KDM or GDM). >> > > --- > indeed the problem > added DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE" to /etc/sysconfig/desktop fixed that > --- > >>>4 Autostart mythfrontend >>> - do I change /home/mythtv/.Xclients-default >>> - from exec startkde >>> - to exec startkde mythfrontend >> >>I don't think the exec option works that way. Try either two exec lines, e.g. >> >>exec startkde >>exec mythfrontend >> >>or the better way is to get KDE itself to autostart it (like from a saved session) >> >> >>> is there a better way to automatically launch a startup application in >>>KDE? >> >>KDE (and other WMs) have a way of saving the state of the windows you had open. >> While this won't restore your desktop to exactly what you had (since it can't >>actually save the state of each app) it at least gets them back up (e.g. all >>those terminal windows, browser windows, etc...). >> > > --- > I'm a little uncomfortable with this but it is working. Saved settings > have a way for stupid users (like me) to forget these things, close the > app before logging off. I think Joe Toon is onto something with the > 'Autostart' but I didn't see where KDE created such a beast or where it > actually goes. I'll have to get back to that later when I have more > time. > --- > >>>Lastly - this is all about my lack of understanding of XFree86...If I >>>have in my 'screen' section of XF86Config... >>> >>>Modes "800x600" "640x480" >>> >>>even if I switch to 640x480 using the control-shift-nkpd+ or - then the >>>screen switches properly to 640x480 but on a 800x600 desktop which means >>>that it will scroll and not at all suitable for a TV. There isn't any >>>'modelines' in my 'Monitor' section so the only way I've been able to >>>ensure no scrolling is to have only the "640x480" line in the Modes >>>section which is too painful to even consider checking my email. Is >>>there any other options? >> >>Sounds like when it switches to 640x480 it sets up a virtual size of 800x600 >>which is why you have to scroll. > > --- > yep > --- > >> From looking at the docs for XFree86 it appears that you can't alter this behavior: >> >> >>Virtual xdim ydim >> This optional entry specifies the virtual screen resolution to be used. >>xdim must be a multiple of either 8 or 16 for most drivers, and a multiple of 32 >>when running in monochrome mode. The given value will be rounded down if this is >>not the case. Video modes which are too large for the specified virtual size >>will be rejected. If this entry is not present, the virtual screen resolution >>will be set to accommodate all the valid video modes given in the Modes entry. >>Some drivers/hardware combinations do not support virtual screens. Refer to the >>appropriate driver-specific documentation for details. >> >> >>My suggestion is to use two different configs for X. One for the mythtv user >>and one as a different regular user, though I don't know how to set this up. >>Maybe not use runlevel 5 and instead log into the system as the myth user in >>runlevel 3 and have its .bashrc or .bash_profile start X on login and possibly >>logout on logging out of X. Do the same as your normal user and you can just >>ctrl-alt-Fx (7 or 8 maybe) to bounce between the two X displays.... >> >>XFree86 uses a configuration file called XF86Config for its initial setup. This >>configuration file is searched for in the following places when the server is >>started as a normal user: > > --- > this is a bummer - I was just kind of thinking that I have computer > here...I could check email - but not at the point of swapping > XF86Config, killing and restarting X. You don't have to kill and restart X to do email. You can have a number of TTY screens up on a single computer. In my example, you would boot to the command-line rather than the X gui. Login the myth user and have its bash login script fire up X with the 640x480 resolution. Once up, do Ctrl-Alt-F2 and login your normal user (the one you want to do surfind and email with) and again start X, but feed it the option to use a config that has the higher resolution. Now you can just use Ctrl-Alt-F7 to get to MythTV and Ctrl-Alt-F8 to get to your user..... --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss