Re: SOLVED [gentoo-user] media center with gentoo

[Coert Waagmeester <lgroups@waagmeester.co.za>]

On 05/14/2011 08:42 AM, Coert Waagmeester wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Building myself a new media center setup.
> I used to have an old xbox with xbmc. But the CPU is to slow for hi-def
> video.
> 
> Now I have a normal PC with keyboard and mouse in its place.
> Normal Gentoo install.
> 
> How can I get X to start up without login straight into XBMC?
> Which (xdm,kdm,etc) should I use for this?
> Or should I just start an xsession with xbmc out of some sort of init
> script?
> 
> On the XBMC forum I have found this link, and will try to get that going
> in the meantime.
> http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=41739
> 
> Any other media center tips would be appreciated!
> Also going to try and put a normal USB plug on one of the old xbox
> controllers.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Coert
> 
> 

Hello all,

Thanks for all the tips!
I got it going with: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?p=266552

Combination of mingetty with autologin.
My ~/.profile script then starts X with
.xinitrc containing 'xbmc --standalone'


Works like a charm,
Coert Waagmeester