28 Apr
2013
28 Apr
'13
9:54 p.m.
Tim,
A small problem that has bugged me for a while. On my HTPC I use
kdialog passive popups to remind me when a TV recording starts or
stops. This is helpful to me when I run XBMC because I run XBMC in
full screen.
Originally when I built my HTPC I used KDE 3.5.10. The popups
always appeared in front of XBMC, which satisfied my intent.
Through the past many months I updated the HTPC: the operating
system from Slackware 12.2 to 14.0, KDE 3.5.10 to Trinity GIT,
Nvidia proprietary drivers, and XBMC from 9.01 to 10.1.
The popups no longer appear in front of XBMC. When I toggle XBMC
from full screen to windowed mode I can see the kdialog popups, but
not when XBMC is in full mode. The popups appear in front of other
apps.
This is not a killer problem. :-) I realize there are several
variables at play, but I don't know how the kdialog mechanism
works. I'd appreciate ideas for determining whether Trinity (twin?)
or kdialog is the culprit.
Thanks!
Darrell
Any chance XBMC is now using an override redirect window? If so, nothing
would be able to pop up over the XBMC window.
If XBMC is still using a traditional managed window, then my first suspect
would be twin's focus stealing prevention.
I hope this helps!
Tim