[mythtv-users] mplayer always in background after upgrade from 0.21 -> 0.23.

[Brett Kosinski]

And just a quick followup, switching to ice seems to have solved the
issue.  My bet, at this point, is that Myth 0.23 (and probably 0.22,
I'm thinking it's related to the MythUI migration) exposed a bug in
the version of flux I was using.

Thanks, Michael, for kicking me in the butt to just try another WM...
I should've just done that, first, before spamming the list. :)

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Brett Kosinski
<fancypantalons at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> It's a WM problem.  MythTV does not place Windows within X.  Window Managers
>> do.
>>
>> (And I'll bet you upgraded Fluxbox from 1.0 to 1.1 in the upgrade, too.)
>
> 'fraid not, no.  The only thing that was upgraded on this box was myth
> and its dependencies.  The window manager remains exactly the same,
> including all attendant configuration.
>
> No, something's definitely changed in Myth's behaviour.  Perhaps it's
> just broken with flux, now, I don't know, but whatever the change is,
> it's on the Myth side of the world.  Which means I now, apparently,
> have to go back and experiment with WM's again... joy...
>
>> On the bright side, the Internal player doesn't rely on Window Manager
>> placement...  Maybe time to switch?  :)
>
> I should've added a disclaimer on this, too.  I just knew someone was
> going to suggest that as a "solution"...
>
> Brett.
>