[mythtvnz] Gnome3, Mythfrontend and xbmc

[Nick Rout]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Jason Taylor <killerkiwi2005 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sounds like a gnome3 issue thats exactlly what I do on mythbunty (xfce) and
> it works perfectly
>
> In a perfect world mythtv would announce xbmc is the new supported frontend
> and work on improving the epg there ;)

The mythtv devs seem particularly disinterested in XBMC.


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> On 30 April 2014 12:10, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Demian Dixon <d at coretech.co.nz> wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I have been running xbmc as an alternative frontend to mythtv for a
>> > couple
>> > of days.  I am having a little problem with switching between
>> > mythfrontend
>> > and xbmc..
>> >
>> > Normally the machine boots, mythwelcome runs and then I launch
>> > mythfrontend.
>> > I added a new menu item for xbmc and launch that from mythfrontend.
>> > All
>> > good but when I try and exit xbmc I get returned to the Gnome desktop
>> > instead of mythfrontend.  I have to ALT-TAB to get to mythfrontend.
>> >
>> > Any possible solutions?   I guess I don't really need to run Gnome as I
>> > only
>> > occasionally drop to a shell and launch Chrome as it seems to have
>> > better
>> > support for some streaming sports events..
>> >
>> > This is all on Fedora 19 so it is Gnome 3.8
>>
>> I start XBMC in exactly the same fashion, except I am using mythbuntu,
>> which uses XFCE rather than Gnome.
>>
>> So I expect Gnome3 is in fact the problem, or perhaps the line you use
>> in the myth menu to start it.
>>
>> What is the line you use? There are I think two ways of starting an
>> external programme in a mythtv menu.
>>
>> Sorry to be a little vague, I don't have access to the home machines from
>> work.
>>
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> >
>> > Demian
>> >
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