- auto log into 'vdruser'
- start xine
This sounds familiar, and leads to the question: Do your *really* need a window manager? Or do you just run xine fullscreen all the time?
At that point, I've decided to go my own way without login screen and without window managers. My runvdr extreme script, latest version, can fire up its own X window sesssion and runs VDR within that X session. The default runlevel therefor does not start any gdm/kdm/xdm for X and login at all, just like a text console only. And if I really need to log in, I use the VDR commands menu to switch to a different runlevel where VDR is stopped and gdm is started, giving me a normal X login screen.
You can use the latest runvdr extreme as sample how to do that. Or just use it anyway. ;)
http://www.udo-richter.de/vdr/scripts.en.html#runvdr-extreme (note: site may be temporarily down next days, mail me if you need anything)
Thanks.
I think I've followed the README, but am getting this:
[root@freddy vdr-1.6.0]# /root/runvdr-extreme-0.4.0/runvdr --terminal="" --switchterminal="" Starting VDR at Sun Nov 23 15:05:40 NZDT 2008 /root/vdr-1.6.0/vdr -c "/media/video/vdr-1.6.0" -E "/media/video/vdr-1.6.0/epg.data" -l 3 -L /root/vdr-1.6.0/PLUGINS/lib -P "skincurses" -P "pvrinput" -v "/media/video/vdr" -w 90 rm: cannot remove `/tmp/runvdr-1955': No such file or directory
X.Org X Server 1.4.99.905 (1.5.0 RC 5) Release Date: 5 September 2007 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5 x86_64 Current Operating System: Linux freddy.nzbaxters 2.6.25.14-108.fc9.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Aug 4 13:46:35 EDT 2008 x86_64 Build Date: 02 July 2008 01:36:02PM Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.4.99.905-2.20080702.fc9 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Nov 23 15:05:40 2008 (++) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" expected keysym, got XF86Info: line 914 of inet expected keysym, got XF86Info: line 914 of inet vdr: /root/vdr-1.6.0/PLUGINS/lib/libvdr-skincurses.so.1.6.0: cannot open shared object file: Permission denied
waiting for X server to shut down
PID=1994 RET=2 VDR died within 10 seconds, this happened 1 time(s). Terminating by error level 2 at Sun Nov 23 15:05:42 NZDT 2008 Sending 1 processes the TERM signal.terminated. [root@freddy vdr-1.6.0]#
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Looks like a couple of problems. keysym (??) instead of "XF86Info" needed? And a problem with libvdr-skincurses.so.1.6.0
ls -l /root/vdr-1.6.0/PLUGINS/lib/libvdr-skincurses.so.1.6.0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 142752 2008-11-15 12:48 /root/vdr-1.6.0/PLUGINS/lib/libvdr-skincurses.so.1.6.0
What am I doing wrong?