Duncan Webb wrote:
> John Molohan wrote:
>> Helmut Auer wrote:
>>>>> recently mouse input has been added. What is happening is the mouse is
>>>>> moving the input on start. I don't know if the is a way to turn it
>>>>> off for users
>>>>> that don't want it. However you could find a console program to move the
>>>>> mouse at start.
>
> This is exactly what is happening, it's a bit annoying...
>
>>>> I'd guess that's the problem too. Is it that annoying to have to select
>>>> which submenu you want?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Mi distri (Gen2VDR) starts FreeVo automagically at startup and to
>>> activate VDR via xineliboutput I just send the enter key to freevo, and
>>> the selected (Which was VDR as it's the first entry) gets started.
>>> Unfortunately freevo does not offer the option to start a submenu
>>> immediately, so I have to look for a workaround.
>>> Now when I know that mouse support is the reason for it, I can live with
>>> that, and find a new workaround.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>> No harm posting back to the list with the workaround you do end up using.
>
> The workaound is very easy, just use the autostart plug-in
>
> plugin.activate('autostart')
> AUTOSTART_EVENTS = (
> 'MENU_LEFT', # goto first menu item
> 'MENU_DOWN', 'MENU_DOWN', 'MENU_DOWN', 'MENU_SELECT', # music
> 'MENU_SELECT', # music collection
> 'MENU_DOWN', 'MENU_SELECT', # second album
> )
I forgot to say that it is useful to have this in the xorg.conf:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Freevo"
...
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
EndSection
In fact, I don't think you need to have a mouse entry in the
serverlayout section, but I'm not 100% sure about this.
Duncan
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