Disable early boot messages:
# CONFIG_X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP is not set
Add to kernel boot command line to disable remaining output:
quiet loglevel=3 vga=current
In /etc/local.d/x.start
su -l root -c xinit -- -nocursor &
In x.stop:
pkill xinit
My xinit config:
Use feh to set a nice background from x11-themes/gentoo-artwork, xset to disable screen blanking, and hhpc to definitively kill the mouse pointer.
tinywm is the coolest tiny window manager evar. :D
feh --bg-scale /usr/share/pixmaps/gentoo/1024x768/Larry_the_cow_on_ice-1024x768.jpg xset s off /usr/local/bin/hhpc exec /usr/local/bin/tinywm
Sample command, audio and subtitle tracks are going to need attention.
HandBrakeCLI '--markers' '--decomb' '--detelecine' '--optimize' --title '3' --encoder 'x264' --quality '23' --encoder-profile 'high' --encoder-level '4.1' --encoder-preset 'medium' --encoder-tune 'film' --audio '1' --aencoder 'fdk_aac' --subtitle '1' --format 'av_mkv' --input '/dev/dvd' --output 'movie.mkv'
audio-spdif=ac3,dts,dts-hd audio-device='alsa/hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0' fullscreen=yes hwdec=vaapi alang=eng,en slang=en, write-filename-in-watch-later-config=yes save-position-on-quit=yes