[mythtv-users] Frontend auto login keyboard issues in mplayer

Steven Adeff adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com
Fri Apr 7 19:55:24 UTC 2006


On 4/7/06, Adam Prentice <advertise at linkclicks.com> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael T. Dean" <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>
> To: "Adam Prentice" <advertise at linkclicks.com>; "Discussion about mythtv"
> <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 7:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Frontend auto login keyboard issues in mplayer
>
>
> > On 04/04/2006 05:12 AM, Adam Prentice wrote:
> >
> > >As per the instructions at
> > >http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Frontend_Auto_Login and using option
> 1
> > >I set up my FC4 box to automatically login to mythfrontend.  I can
> navigate
> > >around mythtv using hte keyboard however when I play video I lose
> keyboard
> > >controls.   If I have my system set to boot into KDE and then run
> > >mythfrontend my keyboard functions work in all programs.  Has anyone else
> > >experienced this?
> > >
> >
> > Did you by any chance take that page's /very bad/ advice on setting up X
> > to run without a window manager?
> >
> > Mike
>
> I tried it both with and without fvwm.  Do you have a better way to have a
> clean looking and fast boot up?    Going through the KDE kind of slows thing
> down and doesn't look great.
>
> - Adam

I'm running sans window manager without problems, but I use a remote
and not a keyboard which may change behaviour. I was just pointing out
that it is not necessarily /very bad/ advice.


--
Steve


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