[MPlayer-users] -nograbpointer problem (NOVIRUS)

[Adam Nielsen]

> mplayer (Debian mplayer-k7 1.0-pre1.0), however, grabs and locks
> the pointer on the TV, regardless of -nograbpointer or not. I start 
> the video with "DISPLAY=:0.1 mplayer -vo sdl -fs -vm -nograbpointer". 
> Once I get out of fullscreen mode I can control the pointer as usual.

Well, for what it's worth, I use -vo xv and don't have this problem at all.  I 
do however run mplayer on my default screen (:0.0) with no mode changes, but 
moving the mouse to my secondary screen (:0.1) and using ICQ or whatever is 
fine.

Incidentally, as with most programs you can use the -display option instead of 
changing the environment variable, i.e. "mplayer -display :0.1 -vo ..."

Cheers,
Adam.