2009-10-09, 22:30
Hey,
I'm trying to get Spotify and Firefox to work within an xbmc-standalone session on Ubuntu Jaunty. I've configured the launcher (Launcher 1.04) to launch these applications, and it works - that is, the programs starts, but any keyboard or mouse interaction isn't working. I assume this has to do with how the standalone session handles inputs compared to Gnome, for instance.
If I press "\" on my keyboard, the window suddenly resizes to one quarter of normal size, but now input on the external application works. If I press "\" again, input switches to XBMC again.
I'm not sure what pressing "\" actually does, but if I could automatically switch focus to the application and retain normal screen size upon application launch, and switch focus back to XBMC upon exit, that'd be great.
Surely there's a simple solution to this - after all, it seems like it's just so close to working perfectly.
I'm trying to get Spotify and Firefox to work within an xbmc-standalone session on Ubuntu Jaunty. I've configured the launcher (Launcher 1.04) to launch these applications, and it works - that is, the programs starts, but any keyboard or mouse interaction isn't working. I assume this has to do with how the standalone session handles inputs compared to Gnome, for instance.
If I press "\" on my keyboard, the window suddenly resizes to one quarter of normal size, but now input on the external application works. If I press "\" again, input switches to XBMC again.
I'm not sure what pressing "\" actually does, but if I could automatically switch focus to the application and retain normal screen size upon application launch, and switch focus back to XBMC upon exit, that'd be great.
Surely there's a simple solution to this - after all, it seems like it's just so close to working perfectly.
