[mythtv] Window manager (program guide not getting focus)

Kevin Bowen mythtv-dev@snowman.net
27 Dec 2002 17:33:29 -0800


Ok, I changed that and rebuilt, but still the same thing. Also I don't
see anything in settings.txt about the gui stretching. I'm running .7,
do these fixes apply only to CVS?

On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 09:55, Michael Kedl wrote:
> I replied a few weeks ago to the list on how to fix this.
> And since you have the same video card I'm assuming my fix will work for
> you.
> 
> If you resize the epg background window to 100 taller than it is now,
> the video will not cover the window in such a way that it must be in
> front.
> 
> I can't remember the exact line of code, but search the archive for
> posts by me in the last month or so.
> 
> Mike
> 
> On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 12:35, Kevin Bowen wrote:
> > For as long as I've been experimenting with Myth, I've been having the
> > problem of the EPG not being visible (it comes up in another window and
> > grabs the input focus, but it doesn't overlay on the viewer... I had heard
> > this mentioned on the list before and the answer given was to not use myth
> > under gnome or KDE, to instead use a more lightweight window manager like
> > FVWM... well I finally got around to installing FVWM, and the behavior is
> > unchanged. Any other ideas for what might be causing this? Also (not sure if
> > its related) the frontend doesnt stretch to fullscreen, it just sits in the
> > top-left 800x600 of the screen (video does go fullscreen, just not the UI).
> > I'm running redhat 8 with a radeon 7500 (with stock drivers, no gatos...
> > could that be the issue?).
> > 
> > Kevin Bowen
> > 
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