[mythtv-users] Autostart irxevent and mythfrontend?

[Ken VanDine]

You should create a .Xclients file that looks like this:


#!/bin/bash

#Start a window manager
blackbox &
#Start the IR event server
/usr/local/bin/irxevent &

#Start MythTV
/usr/local/bin/mythfrontend > ~/mythfrontend.log 2>&1 


--Ken

Quoting Jeremy Oddo <joddo at apixels.net>:

> Thanks for the advice, but it still doesn't seem to want to work.  Is
> irxevent/irexec DISPLAY specific?
> 
> Jeremy
> 
> Eni Gma said:
> > Try setting the display in the script that you use to start these
> > programs.  If you are starting them on boot they won't know what display
> >  to use.  Try putting
> >
> > export DISPLAY=localhost:0
> >
> > at the beginning of the script you are using to start the programs.
> >
> > Jeremy Oddo wrote:
> >
> >>Hi all--
> >>
> >>I've got my Myth box just about dialed in...BUT... :(
> >>
> >>I'm trying to get irexec, irxevent, and mythfrontend to start upon
> >> bootup (or login) but I'm not having much luck.  I got mythbackend to
> >> start via /etc/init.d/rc.# and lircd starts under rc.local but for some
> >> reason irexec, irxevent, and mythfrontend won't start up.  I've tried
> >> putting them in rc.local and even in my .bash_profile.  I'm using
> >> "autologin" under KDE and I'm using a Mandrake9 distro.  AFTER the
> >> thing logs in, I can type:
> >>. .bash_profile
> >>and everything loads up and runs just fine, I just can't seem to get it
> >> to launch automatically.
> >>
> >>Anyone have some pointers?
> >>
> >>Thanks!
> >>Jeremy
> >>
> >>
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