Steve's HTPC

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

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