[mythtvnz] MythTV on separate X screen?

[Stephen Worthington]

On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:16:36 +1300, you wrote:

Ah ha!  Ctrl-Esc is what I needed.  I have been using Alt-Tab, but I
needed a way to start programs too.  Thank you.

>yes on mythbuntu ctrl-esc will give you the applications menu. once
>you have another program open alt-tab will switch from app to app.
>
>On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Duncan Kennington
><duncan.kennington at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Have you tried just leaving those applications you want running in the
>> background and using alt tab to switch between them?  I usually leave
>> Firefox running behind myth for youtube and assorted web surfing and just
>> flick back and forth.
>>
>> On 20/01/2010 5:39 PM, "Stephen Worthington" <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I am not sure of the correct terminology here, so bare with me.
>> Mythfrontend normally runs fullscreen, and I also want to be able to
>> use the desktop underneath it.  The only keyboard minimising control I
>> can find that mythfrontend responds to is Ctrl-Alt-d, which minimises
>> everything to show a clean desktop.  That is very annoying when I want
>> to be able to work on the windows underneath.  So is it possible to
>> set up a second X screen and run Mythfrontend on that (say
>> Ctrl-Alt-F8) and keep the desktop visible on the normal X screen
>> (Ctrl-Alt-F7)?  I do want to keep keyboard access to mythfrontend, so
>> a separate X server is not the answer.