On Monday 15 March 2010, James Board wrote: > When I run mplayer in fullscreen mode with the Gnome desktop using the > default window manager (metacity) the main video window is automatically > placed on the screen. That's good. > > But when I use Gnome with a different window manager, or when I run X11 > without Gnome, then I have to click twice in order to place the window on > the screen. That's no good for me. If I use the -geometry option, then I > only have to click once. Still no good. I'd like to be able to play files > from my couch and not require a mouse to place the window on the screen. > > Does anyone know how I can force mplayer to do this? I'm guessing there's > no option avaiable for it, since "everyone" just runs Gnome, and I'll have > to modify the source code. But, I'm having trouble finding out where the > main window is created. Does anyone know which source code file contains > the code that creates the main window in X where the video is displayed? > First off, not "everyone" runs gnome. Secondly, window placement is a function of your window manager - the clue is in the name. What do you mean by running gnome with a different window manager? Which one? And are starting the whole Gnome system on top of another window manager? What do you mean by running X11 without gnone? You get a grey screen with black X mouse pointer? Or do you mean you are running the default TWM (hint, that's a window manager, a seperate programme from X11. Or do you mean you are stating mplayer from inside .xinitrc or something? -- Dave
