[mythtv-users] How to start X correctly for MythTV

[Karsten Jeppesen]

This was initially a question of why I couldn't get keys to work with 
mplayer (the dvd player used inMythTV).

I have installed MythTV using a minimal install of FC3 (choose 
custom->minimal when installing) because I want the leanest possible 
solution.
I have MythTV working otherwise which means that I have set up the 
/etc/X11/xorg.conf correctly (or so I believe).
I am not using twm (the X-window manager) because MythTV is the only 
application using the screen.
But
When I choose "Play DVD" the DVD starts playing - good - but the 
keyboard is not recognized by the mplayer. I first thought that was an 
error in mplayer, but a nice guy on this list made me aware of that it 
might be a focus problem.

At the moment I have a very simple start-up sequence. I just start X, 
then mythbackend and finally mythfrontend. Works fine.
If I start twm, then twm will make mplayer launch a new window to be 
positioned. Then it will fail, so obviously I am missing something.

What are the options here? Can it work without twm? I guess so, but what 
say you ???

Karsten