Re: [PLUG] Application hijacks desktop
On 06/21/2018 02:50 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: I installed kodi, a media player that is designed to turn a computer into a media center. I neglected to mention on the MythTV list that you aren't using MythTV, so here's more info than you were looking for. But maybe some of this can be helpful: Assuming you want Kodi to work with MythTV, current Kodi 17 works with mythtv 0.28, 29 and 30pre (Master) Depending on Ubuntu version you may need to use Kodi ppa (use stable) see https://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Install_Kodi_for_Linux Xubuntu 18.04 has Kodi 17.6 Debian package version: 2:17.6+dfsg1-1ubuntu1 Media Center Kodi from Debian Copyright (C) 2005-2013 Team Kodi from Debian - http://kodi.tv General Kodi information https://kodi.wiki/view/First_time_user Keyboard controls https://kodi.wiki/view/Keyboard_controls Installing mythtv pvr addon https://kodi.wiki/view/MythTV_PVR Note by default channel numbers in Kodi are different to those in MythTV backend, to change this in Kodi go to Settings>PVR & Live TV Settings> Change Settings to "Advanced" this enables some hidden settings In General select "Use channel numbers from backend" and restart Kodi -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Application hijacks desktop
d...@dicksteffens.com said: > While I haven't been using MythTV for a couple of years, I'm still on their > mailing list, mythtv-us...@mythtv.org. > I'll ask there if someone has a link to instructions for what you're trying > to do and see if there are further details. I use mythTV. I use alt-tab to switch to other applications all the time. Kind of fun to browse web pages in Firefox with TV shows playing behind it. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Application hijacks desktop
On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 14:32:41 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >On Thu, 21 Jun 2018, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> I installed kodi, a media player that is designed to turn a computer >> into a media center. >I don't know what window manger you're using, but I have a couple of >applications which initially opened to occupy the full screen. But, >they use the default window manager which has an icon (second from the >right here, next to the 'x' that closes the frame). This icon is an >open square which displays as two stacked squares in full screen mode. >Clicking that shrinks the frame to it's default (non-full screen) >size. You can then resize it to your desired dimensions. It should >retain that configuration the next time you open the application. The problem is that kodi does not use the default window manager (Xfce), so when it goes full screen there is no title bar, nada, not even a line around the 'window.' But I have made progress. After searching some more I discovered that kodi has a folder ~/.kodi which has all kinds of options, including a file guisettings.xml that contained a line: 1 So I changed 'true' to 'false', save the file and re-started kodi. It still came up full screen, but now it responds to Alt-Enter to make it behave. Still no title bar with corner icons, but it has its own exit button. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Application hijacks desktop
On Thu, 21 Jun 2018, John Jason Jordan wrote: I installed kodi, a media player that is designed to turn a computer into a media center. It has some interesting features so I'd like to use it now and then. But apparently it never occurred to the developers to add an option to run it in a window instead of full screen. When it launches it takes over the screen so I cannot do something else while watching a video. I spent an hour searching for a solution and came up empty-handed. John, I don't know what window manger you're using, but I have a couple of applications which initially opened to occupy the full screen. But, they use the default window manager which has an icon (second from the right here, next to the 'x' that closes the frame). This icon is an open square which displays as two stacked squares in full screen mode. Clicking that shrinks the frame to it's default (non-full screen) size. You can then resize it to your desired dimensions. It should retain that configuration the next time you open the application. If you want screen shots of the two icons I'll send them to you off the mail list as attachments are rejected at the border. Try it and let us know the results. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Application hijacks desktop
Try Alt+Tab to switch to different running application. You could also try Alt+F1 for desktop menu or Alt+F2 and start terminal ... On Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 1:50 PM John Jason Jordan wrote: > I installed kodi, a media player that is designed to turn a computer > into a media center. It has some interesting features so I'd like to > use it now and then. But apparently it never occurred to the developers > to add an option to run it in a window instead of full screen. When it > launches it takes over the screen so I cannot do something else while > watching a video. I spent an hour searching for a solution and came up > empty-handed. > > I opened the .desktop file that installing it created (Synaptic on > Xubuntu 16.04), where I found a lot of actions, including > 'Actions=fullscreen;standalone;' which I deleted, leaving just a > bare-bones .desktop file, but it still comes up full screen. > > Before I uninstall it and go back to living my life, I am wondering if > there is something I can add to the 'Exec=kodi' line in the .desktop > file to force it to behave and cooperate with other applications > running on the computer. > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
[PLUG] Application hijacks desktop
I installed kodi, a media player that is designed to turn a computer into a media center. It has some interesting features so I'd like to use it now and then. But apparently it never occurred to the developers to add an option to run it in a window instead of full screen. When it launches it takes over the screen so I cannot do something else while watching a video. I spent an hour searching for a solution and came up empty-handed. I opened the .desktop file that installing it created (Synaptic on Xubuntu 16.04), where I found a lot of actions, including 'Actions=fullscreen;standalone;' which I deleted, leaving just a bare-bones .desktop file, but it still comes up full screen. Before I uninstall it and go back to living my life, I am wondering if there is something I can add to the 'Exec=kodi' line in the .desktop file to force it to behave and cooperate with other applications running on the computer. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
