Mailing List Archive: mythfrontend is always displayed

mythfrontend is always displayed

Nov 21, 2002, 1:20 PM

Post #1 of 6 (1232 views)

I've just gotten everything up an running on a stock redhat 8.0 instance
and have one problem. When I run mythfrontend I see the interface and
can select items, etc. However, when I choose 'Watch Tv', the live tv
window doesn't display although it is running because I get sound and
can change channels with the arrow keys.

It's as if the mythfrontend has taken over the display and won't let the
mythtv program show. I can run mythtv by itself and everything is ok.

Also, I get the following message on the console from my startx which I
think is related:

Window manager warning: Window 0x180004b (mythfronte) sets SM_CLIENT_ID on
itself, instead of on the WM_CLIENT_LEADER window as specified in the ICCCM.

This is use the default gnome window manager in Redhat 8.0

Thanks in advance,
mark

P.S. Great work to everyone involved!

Re: mythfrontend is always displayed [ In reply to ]

cedarmckay at mac

Nov 21, 2002, 1:26 PM

Post #2 of 6 (1213 views)

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have you restarted? The first time I got mythtv installed on a RH8
system I had the same thing happen, I don't know why. A reboot and it
never happened again.

cedar

On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 12:20 PM, Mark Jeske wrote:

> I've just gotten everything up an running on a stock redhat 8.0
> instance
> and have one problem. When I run mythfrontend I see the interface and
> can select items, etc. However, when I choose 'Watch Tv', the live tv
> window doesn't display although it is running because I get sound and
> can change channels with the arrow keys.
>
> It's as if the mythfrontend has taken over the display and won't let
> the
> mythtv program show. I can run mythtv by itself and everything is ok.
>
> Also, I get the following message on the console from my startx which I
> think is related:
>
> Window manager warning: Window 0x180004b (mythfronte) sets
> SM_CLIENT_ID on
> itself, instead of on the WM_CLIENT_LEADER window as specified in the
> ICCCM.
>
> This is use the default gnome window manager in Redhat 8.0
>
> Thanks in advance,
> mark
>
> P.S. Great work to everyone involved!
>
> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-dev mailing list
> mythtv-dev@snowman.net
> http://www.snowman.net/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-dev

RE: mythfrontend is always displayed [ In reply to ]

mark.jeske at av

Nov 21, 2002, 2:21 PM

Post #3 of 6 (1223 views)

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Cedar,

Thanks for the suggestion, but I have restarted numerous times
without any help.

mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cedar McKay [mailto:cedarmckay@mac.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 2:26 PM
> To: mythtv-dev@snowman.net
> Subject: Re: [mythtv] mythfrontend is always displayed
>
>
> have you restarted? The first time I got mythtv installed on a RH8
> system I had the same thing happen, I don't know why. A reboot and it
> never happened again.
>
>
> cedar
>
>
>
> On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 12:20 PM, Mark Jeske wrote:
>
> > I've just gotten everything up an running on a stock redhat 8.0
> > instance
> > and have one problem. When I run mythfrontend I see the
> interface and
> > can select items, etc. However, when I choose 'Watch Tv',
> the live tv
> > window doesn't display although it is running because I get
> sound and
> > can change channels with the arrow keys.
> >
> > It's as if the mythfrontend has taken over the display and
> won't let
> > the
> > mythtv program show. I can run mythtv by itself and
> everything is ok.
> >
> > Also, I get the following message on the console from my
> startx which I
> > think is related:
> >
> > Window manager warning: Window 0x180004b (mythfronte) sets
> > SM_CLIENT_ID on
> > itself, instead of on the WM_CLIENT_LEADER window as
> specified in the
> > ICCCM.
> >
> > This is use the default gnome window manager in Redhat 8.0
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > mark
> >
> > P.S. Great work to everyone involved!
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > mythtv-dev mailing list
> > mythtv-dev@snowman.net
> > http://www.snowman.net/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-dev
>
> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-dev mailing list
> mythtv-dev@snowman.net
> http://www.snowman.net/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-dev
>

Re: mythfrontend is always displayed [ In reply to ]

ijr at po

Nov 21, 2002, 2:30 PM

Post #4 of 6 (1186 views)

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On Thursday 21 November 2002 03:20 pm, Mark Jeske wrote:
> I've just gotten everything up an running on a stock redhat 8.0 instance
> and have one problem. When I run mythfrontend I see the interface and
> can select items, etc. However, when I choose 'Watch Tv', the live tv
> window doesn't display although it is running because I get sound and
> can change channels with the arrow keys.
>
> It's as if the mythfrontend has taken over the display and won't let the
> mythtv program show. I can run mythtv by itself and everything is ok.
>
> Also, I get the following message on the console from my startx which I
> think is related:
>
> Window manager warning: Window 0x180004b (mythfronte) sets SM_CLIENT_ID on
> itself, instead of on the WM_CLIENT_LEADER window as specified in the
> ICCCM.
>
> This is use the default gnome window manager in Redhat 8.0

Might want to try a different window manager.

Isaac

Re: mythfrontend is always displayed [ In reply to ]

pml4791 at yahoo

Nov 21, 2002, 7:46 PM

Post #5 of 6 (1207 views)

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--- Mark Jeske <mark.jeske@av.com> wrote:
> I've just gotten everything up an running on a stock
> redhat 8.0 instance
> and have one problem. When I run mythfrontend I see
> the interface and
> can select items, etc. However, when I choose
> 'Watch Tv', the live tv
> window doesn't display although it is running
> because I get sound and
> can change channels with the arrow keys.

I don't have my MythTV box up right now but I ran into
this and,
as Isaac guessed, I seem to recall that the window
manager was at
fault. At first I just fired up KDE instead of gnome
and MythTV
started working. Then I figured out how to change the
window
manager gnome was using (that was kind of tricky as I
remember)
and that worked too. I eventually scrapped Redhat
entirely and
went with gentoo since I figued it was a better fit
for a dedicated
PVR machine.
--
patrick

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RE: mythfrontend is always displayed [ In reply to ]

mark.jeske at av

Nov 21, 2002, 9:20 PM

Post #6 of 6 (1196 views)

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Thanks, switching to kde did the trick.

For Redhat 8.0 edit /etc/sysconfig/desktop and
change "GNOME" to "KDE".

mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Isaac Richards [mailto:ijr@po.cwru.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 3:30 PM
> To: mythtv-dev@snowman.net
> Subject: Re: [mythtv] mythfrontend is always displayed
>
>
> On Thursday 21 November 2002 03:20 pm, Mark Jeske wrote:
> > I've just gotten everything up an running on a stock redhat
> 8.0 instance
> > and have one problem. When I run mythfrontend I see the
> interface and
> > can select items, etc. However, when I choose 'Watch Tv',
> the live tv
> > window doesn't display although it is running because I get
> sound and
> > can change channels with the arrow keys.
> >
> > It's as if the mythfrontend has taken over the display and
> won't let the
> > mythtv program show. I can run mythtv by itself and
> everything is ok.
> >
> > Also, I get the following message on the console from my
> startx which I
> > think is related:
> >
> > Window manager warning: Window 0x180004b (mythfronte) sets
> SM_CLIENT_ID on
> > itself, instead of on the WM_CLIENT_LEADER window as
> specified in the
> > ICCCM.
> >
> > This is use the default gnome window manager in Redhat 8.0
>
> Might want to try a different window manager.
>
> Isaac
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> mythtv-dev@snowman.net
> http://www.snowman.net/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-dev
>