[mythtv-users] no keyboard within externel applications

[Donavan Stanley]

On Sun, 05 Sep 2004 16:18:39 +0200, Sebastian Heuer <seb at belanur.de> wrote:
> hmm I thought I wouldn't need any specific wm :-/ currently I start X
> only with mythfrontend in my ~/.xinitrc. So you're saying I should try
> starting a wm before running mythfrontend?

That's exactly your problem then.  Try a light weight window manager
such as "ratpoison".  Running without any window manager has been
known to cause problems with keyboard input.