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losing focus in twm
Is there anybody succesfully using twm? I keep losing focus, which makes
it frustrating since I want to only use a remote for navigation.

ie: I load mythfrontend, and then immediately try to exit the program
using Alt-Esc. The exit screen appears, but I lose focus, and am unable
to scroll and select any of the 3 options (none of them highlight).
However, I can hit Esc (or the Enter key) & return to the main menu where
I can once again navigate & select the other programs.

If I go back to the exit screen, I am able to grab focus only when I move
the mouse. Then the buttons illuminate & I can use the keyboard cursors
to select an option.

(whew - so much explaining for such a minor annoying problem).

Dege

So Many Things in Life Would Be Really Funny
.... If They Weren't Happening To Me
Re: losing focus in twm [ In reply to ]
I dont have a focus problem, I do have a problem with the keyboard
stopping working when using TWM. Happens about 30 seconds into starting
Mythfrontend under TWM, and my only recourse is to switch VTs then kill
the GDM process which kicks me back to the login prompt. This doesnt
happen in KDE or Gnome, only in TWM. And it happens every single time.

Now that I think about it, does that sound like a focus problem?


On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 23:20, Robert Dege wrote:
> Is there anybody succesfully using twm? I keep losing focus, which makes
> it frustrating since I want to only use a remote for navigation.
>
> ie: I load mythfrontend, and then immediately try to exit the program
> using Alt-Esc. The exit screen appears, but I lose focus, and am unable
> to scroll and select any of the 3 options (none of them highlight).
> However, I can hit Esc (or the Enter key) & return to the main menu where
> I can once again navigate & select the other programs.
>
> If I go back to the exit screen, I am able to grab focus only when I move
> the mouse. Then the buttons illuminate & I can use the keyboard cursors
> to select an option.
>
> (whew - so much explaining for such a minor annoying problem).
>
> Dege
>
> So Many Things in Life Would Be Really Funny
> .... If They Weren't Happening To Me
>
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>
Re: losing focus in twm [ In reply to ]
Yup. Sounds just like what I'm experiencing. I did notice one thing
though. When I re-enabled the titlebars on myth
{tv/weather/music/gallery}, I could no longer replicate the loss of focus.


-Rob

> I dont have a focus problem, I do have a problem with the keyboard
> stopping working when using TWM. Happens about 30 seconds into starting
> Mythfrontend under TWM, and my only recourse is to switch VTs then kill
> the GDM process which kicks me back to the login prompt. This doesnt
> happen in KDE or Gnome, only in TWM. And it happens every single time.
>
> Now that I think about it, does that sound like a focus problem?
>
>
> On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 23:20, Robert Dege wrote:
> > Is there anybody succesfully using twm? I keep losing focus, which makes
> > it frustrating since I want to only use a remote for navigation.
> >
> > ie: I load mythfrontend, and then immediately try to exit the program
> > using Alt-Esc. The exit screen appears, but I lose focus, and am unable
> > to scroll and select any of the 3 options (none of them highlight).
> > However, I can hit Esc (or the Enter key) & return to the main menu where
> > I can once again navigate & select the other programs.
> >
> > If I go back to the exit screen, I am able to grab focus only when I move
> > the mouse. Then the buttons illuminate & I can use the keyboard cursors
> > to select an option.
> >
> > (whew - so much explaining for such a minor annoying problem).
> >
> > Dege
> >
> > So Many Things in Life Would Be Really Funny
> > .... If They Weren't Happening To Me
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > mythtv-users mailing list
> > mythtv-users@snowman.net
> > http://lists.snowman.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
> >
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-users mailing list
> mythtv-users@snowman.net
> http://lists.snowman.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>



Dege

So Many Things in Life Would Be Really Funny
.... If They Weren't Happening To Me