[mythtv-users] Window Managers - Success with "ratpoison" instead of kde

[James Grant]

Ahh, I dont have mythvideo or mythdvd setup... all i do is watch TV and music, 
so I guess ive never run into the focus issues :)

I was thinking of getting mythvideo installed though, so I guess I should be 
aware of focus issues and the need for WM :)  thanks!

James

On Saturday 29 October 2005 8:55 am, Cory Papenfuss wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Oct 2005, Joe Votour wrote:
> > I use a window manager on my MythTV machine (which is
> > dedicated to MythTV) because external applications
> > like xine won't get proper focus sometimes without a
> > window manager.
> >
> > It's a pain to try to play a DVD in xine, and have it
> > behind the MythTV UI.
> >
> > -- Joe
> >
> > --- James Grant <topace at lightbox.org> wrote:
> >> I don't get why people even use a WM (for a
> >> dedicated mythtv box)... I run
> >> mythtv perfect without any overhead from a windows
> >> manager...
>
>  	Exactly.  Ratpoison is the closest thing you can do to run without
> a window manager while still running a window manager.  It doesn't draw
> any decorations on the screen.  All it does is manage the focus of any
> applications.  I tried hard to run without a WM, but mplayer focus killed
> me.  I've been ratpoisoning for 18 months now with a raw X startup script
> similar to what you mentioned.... although I may try to modify the
> implementation to use init to respawn.  Been thinking about that for
> awhile.
>
> -Cory

-- 
James Grant
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