[mythtv-users] mplayer still not in focus
Nick Rout
nick at rout.co.nz
Mon Jul 25 19:37:06 EDT 2005
On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 16:49:48 -0500
Mike Green wrote:
> On Monday 25 July 2005 04:37 pm, Greg Estabrooks spammed:
> > > No windowmanager. Why do I need a windowmanager, it is a pvr :)
> >
> > Because the window manager helps handle which app is in focus.
> > Many people not using a window manager run into focus issues.
> >
> > Even a very small lightweight windowmanager would likely fix your
> > problem.
>
> I understand that to be the case. However, I don't want to run a window
> manager just to get mplayer to behave correctly. My previous setup was a
> dual 400MHz PII - adding a window manager to the mix added unnecessary
> complexity and maintenance. I squeezed it for every ounce of memory and
> CPU :)
Yes well I would like to do the same, and agree with your sentiments.
However fluxbox is pretty darned light.
I also tried evilwm, which is lighter still. however I still had focus
issues so I moved "up" to fluxbox.
I understand that openbox has a similar heritage to flux, but I am not
sure which is lighter. i don't propose to change something that is now
working :)
I certainly would have thought that most WM's are lighter than two X
sessions, but I may be wrong on that.
>
> Now that I have upgraded, at some point I might add a window manager.
>
> Regardless, it seems to me that it should work correctly without one.
> Requiring a window manager to manage a full screen app seems sloppy. Heck,
> someday I would like to get rid of X completely use embedded QT. The
> entire X windowing system along with a window manager is overkill for a
> single purpose pvr/media box.
Agreed, see above.
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Nick Rout
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