Marko M?kel? <marko.makela@xxxxxx> writes: >> But I'd like to set up vdr as a daemon (i.e. launched by init.d) so >> recording can begin even if I'm not logged. > > I'm doing exactly that. There are no X11 related packages installed > on the system. Instead, I'm using DirectFB output on a Matrox G450 > card. ... DirectFB is a nut I've yet to crack... > For timed recordings, the computer starts by nvram-wakeup. For > interactive use, it's started by remote control. The wakeup device > I designed and programmed will signal the computer whether it was > started by remote control or by something else. Audio/video playback > is started and the monitor is powered on only if the system was > started by remote control. While the computer is running, I can > turn playback on and off by pressing the Power button (on the remote > control or on the computer). After a user-configureable timeout, > the computer shuts down automatically when it is idle and no key has > been pressed after the Suspend key has been pressed to suspend playback. > > If you are interested in such features, please see my VDR related > patches at <http://www.funet.fi/~msmakela/software/vdr/>. > >> I'd like to be able to run vdr as a daemon with softdevice plugin >> loaded. For this I need softdevice to not try to connect to X11 until >> a command is sent to vdr daemon (either through the remote control or >> SVDRP). >> >> This command would need to contain the display name to connect to. > > Can't you just set DISPLAY=:0.0 in your runvdr script? > >> Does this sound reasonnable ? (or did I miss something ?) > > It does. I guess XFree86 or X.org runs on more cards than DirectFB. > I'd use DirectFB, as it allows the computer to start up faster, and > you can use the virtual consoles on top of the TV picture (at least > on the Matrox G450). > > Marko > > _______________________________________________ > vdr mailing list > vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
