[mythtv] Window focus problems (was: Using KDE Window Manager, how to remove toolbars)

[Brent Borghese]

I have the same focus problem with lirc.

I am using the CVS from Jan 18, and for about 3 weeks every thing worked 
fine. But, about a week ago the focus problem came back.

I know it sounds hard to believe, but I have done nothing to the box and 
the problem started up again.

Temporary, the way I have got around the problem is to have my remote run 
xmessage and it would pop-up a window for a second and when the window 
closes the focus go back to the list box in myth.

Here is what I have in my .lircrc file:

begin
    prog = irexec
    button = Help
    config = xmessage -timeout 1 "Wait"
end

Make sure you have irexec running.  


Brent



>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 2/27/03, 2:01:52 AM, Michael "D." Cencula <mythtvuser at cencula.com> wrote 
regarding [mythtv]  Window focus problems (was: Using KDE Window Manager, 
how to remove toolbars):


> I've done some more looking into this trying to understand the behavior 
and
> here's what I've found.  Mythtv works fine and there are no focus issues 
when
> using the keyboard only.  Using lirc, however, gives the following 
results:

> Use remote to select "watch recordings" -> brings up the "Select a 
recording
> to view" dialog.
> Use remote to select a recording and start watching it.
> Use remote to exit recording (irxevent sends an Escape to CurrentWindow).

> at this point, the "Select a recording to view" dialog is in front, but 
it
> does not have the focus.  This is evident by the column headings titled
> "Date" and "Title" are a subdued shade of blue...not the bright blue when 
the
> window is focused.  If I hit the up and down arrows on the keyboard, the
> selection bar will move from program to program...but the up and down 
arrows
> on the remote do nothing.  Also, if I hit alt-tab once, the application
> selector that pops up in the middle of the screen will highlight
> mythfrontend<2>, which is the "Select a recording to view" dialog.  That
> tells me that the other window named mythfrontend was active until I hit
> alt-tab.  When I release the alt-tab, the "Date" and "Title" column 
headings
> become bright blue and the remote works in this dialog once more.

> Here's some speculation from a non-programmer:
> I've looked at the irxevent code and it seems to use some functions like
> XGetInputFocus() to find out what window to send the keypress characters 
to.
> Since the MythTV menu window (Watch TV, Schedule a Recording, Watch
> Recordings, etc) has the same name as the "Select a recording to view" 
dialog
> (they're both called mythfrontend), I wonder if lirc (irxevent, actually) 
is
> selecting the wrong window to send the kepress characters to.  If so, 
could
> this problem be solved by changing the name of the "Select a recording to
> view" dialog?

> If I knew more about programming, I'd try to make some code changes to 
test
> this theory out, but unfortunately I'm not that proficient.

> Let me know if I can do anything else to help track this down.

> Mike

> On Wednesday 26 February 2003 22:43, Michael D. Cencula wrote:
> > I've got this same problem in KDE 3.0 using the click to focus method.
> >
> > On Monday 24 February 2003 00:42, David Madsen wrote:
> > > Using focus policy 'Click to Focus'.  AFAIK that is the correct method to
> > > use right?
> > >
> > > Dave Madsen
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Isaac Richards" <ijr at po.cwru.edu>
> > > To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at snowman.net>
> > > Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 2:59 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Using KDE Window Manager, how to remove
> > > toolbars
> > >
> > > > On Sunday 23 February 2003 02:23 pm, David Madsen wrote:
> > > > > Thats really strange.. I have this exact problem with KDE. ;)  After
> > > > > watching a video, and exiting using the remote, the mythfrontend that
> > >
> > > lists
> > >
> > > > > all the shows is now longer in focus.  What ver of KDE are you
> > > > > running? Maybe that might be the difference, since i'm running KDE
> > > > > 2.2 from the debian unstable release..
> > > >
> > > > Using what focus method?
> > > >
> > > > Isaac
> > > >
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