Stuart,
   What I did was modify the /home/mythtv/.fvwm/.fvwm2rc file to run
xvattr upon start. For example, add the following line to the end of
the file, before "exec KnoppMyth-run":

exec xvattr -a XV_COLORKEY -v 0 &

   Don't forget the & (ampersand).

On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 14:27:31 -0000, Carrison, Stuart
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1.
> 
> This is exactly my problem,
> 
> I'm not using KDE, but GDM (ala KnoppMyth) so there is no 
> /home/mythtv/.kde/Autostart/myth-load.sh to edit. I thought this was clear in 
> my first post, sorry.
> 
> What's the GDM equivalent? I did a find / myth-load.sh but nothing turned up. 
> Any other knop users with this issue?
> 
> 2.
> 
> I'll give xine a whirl, thanks
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Greg
> Posted At: 26 February 2005 14:10
> Posted To: MythTV Users
> Conversation: [mythtv-users] xvattr and DVD
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] xvattr and DVD
> 
> >
> >  1. xvattr is a great tool for getting rid of my blue bars -
> >
> >  but how do I get it to start everytime gdm does? It's a pain
> > having to quit out of mythfrontend,  start an xterm and then
> > re-start the front end each time I need to re-boot the box -
> > especially since I want to get rid of my keyboard!
> >  I can't tell you how much googling I've done for this one!!
> > There's plenty of pages to tell me what syntax to use with
> > xvattr to make it display my mythfrontend up-side down,
> > double bright with a cherry on top but nothing to tell me how
> > to 'save the changes'.
> 
> There's been a recent discussion which brought up xvattr.
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/83877
> 
> >
> >  2. DVDs: I ditched my old DVD player in favor of the DVD-ROM
> > in my myth box but I have one or two problems  Take my
> > collection of James Bond Movies:
> >
> >  Goldfinger:                          Pop the DVD in, hit
> > 'Play DVD' and we're off no problem at all
> >  The world is not enough:     Same procedure but I get the
> > 'MGM Lion' and then it goes back to the optical disk menu as
> > if the movie was over
> >  Tomorrow never dies: Click Play DVD and the screen goes
> > black for half a second, brief read of the disk then drops
> > back to the optical disk menu
> >
> >  Once the movie is playing everything works well.
> >
> >  I'm in the UK by the way.
> >
> >  In setup, the command I'm using to play DVDs is "mplayer
> > dvd:// -fs -zoom" (i.e. no track specified). Why does this
> > work for most but not others?
> >
> >  Is there any menu support with mplayer? Will it work with my
> > Hauppage remote?
> 
> As far as I know mplayer does not support dvd menus, you could try xine
> which does. You might find this thread useful:
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/48954?search_string=xine;
> #48954
> 
> >
> >  Thanks for reading!
> >
> >  Stu
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> >
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