[mythtv-users] X Sartup ?

[David Greaves]

Dave wrote:
> Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com wrote:
>  >
>  > With the exception of the very broken/unsupported "no window manager"
>  > option, this page has some pretty OK solutions:
>  > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Frontend_Auto_Login
>  >
>  > (And, before people start posting, "It works for me," just because
>  > you haven't found what's broken doesn't mean it works.  And, there's
>  > no benefit to running without a WM:
>  > 
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Do_I_really_need_a_window_manager_for_a_frontend_only_box.3F 
>   .)
> 
> You may say that, but there is NO benefit to running a window manager 
> and there is NO focus issues. I've been running a pure frontend for 8 
> months without a window manager. Mythtv doesn't present multiple windows
> so you never lose focus. So if you're ONLY using a remote - i.e. not 
> using a keyboard to type into the myth web browser, etc, then there is 
> no use in running a window manager.
> 
> You can point to all the wiki's you want, but unless you can show me a 
> use case which focus is lost without a windows manager running, then i 
> stand by my statement and so does my wife.

I agree with you .... I run the same config on 2 dedicated F/Es and have no
concerns :)

However we've found just one or two rare instances where focus is lost temporarily.

The use case I have is after using mythbrowser (part of Myth IMHO) to check
episode orders and going back to FE the focus isn't "grabbed" by most dialogs so
even lirc arrows don't work. The main menu navigation is fine.

This also applies if you use mplayer or xine to play videos. The dialog used in
the TV episode selection area is obviously 'hacked' because choosing that dialog
restores focus. Since it's done on one dialog it would be nice if the hack was
done on the root object but I don't really mind :)

David