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

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed Apr 18 14:16:50 UTC 2007


On 04/18/2007 03:55 AM, Mike Dent wrote:
> 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
>>     
> 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?

I'm telling you that losing focus is not properly working...

Mike


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