[mythtv-users] Keyboard stops responding on mythfrontend, Alt-Tab etc still work?

Mike Dent mcdent at gmail.com
Wed Apr 18 07:55:11 UTC 2007


On 4/17/07, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 04/17/2007 04:49 PM, Mike Dent wrote:
> > This has happened a couple of times on me recently whilst setting up
> > my new myth box.
> > It's a combined fe/be running on Ubuntu 6.10 with the standard ubuntu packages.
> >
> > I left the box for a while and come back to it and hitting a key on
> > the keyboard such as the menu key 'M' has no effect. Hitting P for
> > pause, or ESC to go back to the menu are all ignored.
> > I can alt-tab  back to X (I started mythfrontend from a console to
> > check for errors), this is fine, alt-tab back to mythfrontend, TV
> > plays but I have no control over it.
>
> Your window manager isn't properly managing focus.  If you're not using
> a window manager, that's your problem.
>
> http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-11.html
> http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-23.html#ss23.11
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Q:_Do_I_really_need_a_window_manager_for_a_frontend_only_box.3F
>
> Mike

It seems to be working. I'm using Openbox. As I said I can alt-tab
between windows, focus is correctly given then. I can also use the
mouse and click to gain focus on windows.
Any other ideas?
Mike


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