[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend loses focus after mplayer spawn under kde

[Mike White]

Hi Dan,

Dan Morphis wrote:

> You can do two things, both covered in the documentation.  1) use native 
> lirc support and/or 2) Change the focus to "Focus under mouse" instead 
> of click to focus


Thanks, i'll try those suggestions.  I'm curious, though, why would 
native lirc support affect the focus of the windows?  Also, since i 
don't think i have a mouse or keyboard associated with my second X 
screen, why would "follows mouse" focus behaviour have an affect?

Thanks,
mike



> 
> Mike White wrote:
> 
>>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I have my nvidia tv-out configured to be on X screen 1, (ie, 
>> DISPLAY=localhost:0.1) and i can run mythfrontend just great on that.  
>> I have KDE running on the system, and when i boot up i get a KDE 
>> desktop both on my monitor and on my TV.
>>
>> When i run mythfrontend (and control it with lirc - i'm proud to have 
>> gotten that working!) and come back from playing a movie with mplayer, 
>> it loses focus and i can see the KDE toolbar over top of the 
>> mythfrontend screen.   I can no longer control mythfrontend.
>>
>> I googled around a bit and found that i had to have KDE "click to 
>> focus" enabled.  This is already enabled on my system, though.
>>
>> Ideas?
>>
>> Alternatively, how can i run KDE only on X Screen 0?  Or how can i run 
>> a different window manager on X Screen 1?