On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 11:01:32PM -0300, Marcelo Roccasalva alleged: > On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 5:24 AM, Florin Andrei <florin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I want to build a dedicated MythTV box using CentOS5. I need a > > lightweight desktop environment, something extremely simple that does > > not use much memory. Gnome and KDE use way too much memory and are too > > complex for what I want to do. > > The system will login automatically to a certain account after booting > > up. After the automatic login, it will start immediately the MythTV > > frontend full-screen. If the frontend dies, the desktop needs to logout > > / log back in automatically. No other application will run on this > > machine, only mythfrontend. There will only be one account. Think of it > > as a single-purpose appliance, not a regular computer. > > Whatever I use as the desktop environment, it needs to be pretty > > standard - either included in the distribution proper, or in one of the > > major repositories. It must be very trivial to enable, with no hacking > > required to the OS. It must play well with mythfrontend, I don't need > > any compatibility issues. It must be a stable, reputable software. > > > > Which desktop environment would you recommend based on the requirements? > > Do you really need a window manager? Maybe you can run something like: > > xinit glxgears -- /usr/bin/X :1 Yes, mythtv really should have a window manager. http://mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Do_I_really_need_a_window_manager_for_a_frontend_only_box.3F -- Garrick Staples, GNU/Linux HPCC SysAdmin University of Southern California Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
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