<div dir="ltr">Hey all,<div><br></div><div>I found a solution which was to start with a wrapper script that ends by raising the focus of the Myth window on exit of xbmc. So I run the following from Myth..</div><div><br></div>
<div><div>#!/bin/sh</div><div>/bin/xbmc</div><div>wmctrl -a MythTV</div><div><br></div><div>The problem is by design, full screen windows are treated a little differently from maximised windows (this is all controlled by Mutter)</div>
<div><br></div><div>There is some more information about this at</div><div><a href="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=705177">https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=705177</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div>
<div><br></div><div>Demian</div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 30 April 2014 16:27, Nick Rout <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com" target="_blank">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="">On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Jason Taylor <<a href="mailto:killerkiwi2005@gmail.com">killerkiwi2005@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Sounds like a gnome3 issue thats exactlly what I do on mythbunty (xfce) and<br>
> it works perfectly<br>
><br>
> In a perfect world mythtv would announce xbmc is the new supported frontend<br>
> and work on improving the epg there ;)<br>
<br>
</div>The mythtv devs seem particularly disinterested in XBMC.<br>
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> On 30 April 2014 12:10, Nick Rout <<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Demian Dixon <<a href="mailto:d@coretech.co.nz">d@coretech.co.nz</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > Hi all,<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I have been running xbmc as an alternative frontend to mythtv for a<br>
>> > couple<br>
>> > of days. I am having a little problem with switching between<br>
>> > mythfrontend<br>
>> > and xbmc..<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Normally the machine boots, mythwelcome runs and then I launch<br>
>> > mythfrontend.<br>
>> > I added a new menu item for xbmc and launch that from mythfrontend.<br>
>> > All<br>
>> > good but when I try and exit xbmc I get returned to the Gnome desktop<br>
>> > instead of mythfrontend. I have to ALT-TAB to get to mythfrontend.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Any possible solutions? I guess I don't really need to run Gnome as I<br>
>> > only<br>
>> > occasionally drop to a shell and launch Chrome as it seems to have<br>
>> > better<br>
>> > support for some streaming sports events..<br>
>> ><br>
>> > This is all on Fedora 19 so it is Gnome 3.8<br>
>><br>
>> I start XBMC in exactly the same fashion, except I am using mythbuntu,<br>
>> which uses XFCE rather than Gnome.<br>
>><br>
>> So I expect Gnome3 is in fact the problem, or perhaps the line you use<br>
>> in the myth menu to start it.<br>
>><br>
>> What is the line you use? There are I think two ways of starting an<br>
>> external programme in a mythtv menu.<br>
>><br>
>> Sorry to be a little vague, I don't have access to the home machines from<br>
>> work.<br>
>><br>
>> ><br>
>> > Cheers<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Demian<br>
>> ><br>
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