Linux MP3 project

[7mwsmith]

I am fairly familiar with basic installation and usage of linux.

I am trying to build an MP3 jukebox out of an old computer I have sitting
around. I had constructed an MP3 Jukebox a while ago based on the CAJUN mp3
player plans on the net.

My new plan is to make a MP3 jukebox that can be controlled via remote and
will display info on my TV. So I am going to buy a video card with TV-out
(probably a cheap Trident card) and an IRman infared adaptor. I am fairly
confident that I can set up the devices pretty easy. But my problems arrise
with how to configure linux.

I want the machine to display only XMMS (mp3 player) on the screen.
Therefore I would have XMMS fullscreen on the TV. How should I configure X
to have XMMS be fullscreen? Would it still support the visualizations in
XMMS?

At boot I want it to bypass the login and launch XMMS on the screen. But -
I also want to allow remote logins from other machines on my network
(multi-user). How would I setup linux to bypass the login on the console
and launch XMMS/Xwindows?

I am only going to have control over the unit via remote - so bypassing the
login and launching XMMS is important.

Any ideas? Any help will be much appreciated!

Thanks
Matt
matthewwsmith@hotmail.com

[furrycat]

Edit your inittab to set runlevel 4 or 5 or whichever one has X as the default startup runlevel. Then make sure your ssh daemon is started earlier in the boot process.

[LordMorlock]

You could try setting X Windows to be the lowest res possible (edit XF86Config (I think it is)), and have XMMS in double size mode. That would take up almost all of the screen - possibly.

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Lord Morlock