[mythtv] How do you run mythfrontend automatically after WindowMaker starts ?

Chris mythtv-dev@snowman.net
Mon Jan 6 02:19:55 EST 2003


My bad, it works.  I must have just gotten confused.  Thanks

On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 21:14, Chris wrote:
> Tried this but did not have fvwm so tried .xinitrc with
> wmaker &
> mythfrontend.
> 
> On CTRL Alt BAckspace, it brings me to the terminal
> asks me to  login and then I type startx and it works. On reboot though,
> I autologin and then enter WindowMaker and nothing after that. I still
> have to manually run mythfrontend.  For this to work the way I intended
> to, i need to have autologin and then windowmanager runs and then
> mythfrontend. So Far I have autologin working and boots me to
> WindowMaker.  I cant seem to find the correct script to put
> /usr/local/bin/mythfrontend in so WindowMaker takes the next step and
> runs mythfrotend. Any ideas  
> 
> On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 18:25, tarek Lubani wrote:
> > Out of curiousity here, why make this the way? why not crontab it? The only 
> > real reason I could see is if your myth computer isn't always on..
> > 
> > tarek : )
> > 
> > >Modifying xinitrc should work fine. That file controls what applications
> > >(windowmanager, clock, xeyes, etc) run. I use TWM with no titles to make
> > >sure the windows raise correctly. Look here for more information:
> > >http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-16.html#ss16.3
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >Jesse
> > 
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