[mythtv-users] VNC launches second mythfrontend

[Scott Harris]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Allan Risk
> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 9:12 AM
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] VNC launches second mythfrontend
> 
> I've found that if I run vncserver that a second mythfrontend 
> is running as shown by 'ps -A'.
> This second mythfrontend can be independently closed from the 
> vnc client and the one on the console remains.
> The vnc session that appears on the remote client is 
> otherwise different than the console session.
> 
> Here's my theory.  If anyone has suggestions on how to avoid 
> this it would be most welcome.
> 
> I use Jarod's ~/.kde/Autostart/myth-load.sh, which among 
> other things starts mythfrontend.
> Since vnc starts a new KDE session, I think this gets run 
> again for the vnc session and therefore mythfrontend starts a 
> second time.
> 
> I would think this would be common as I suspect many people 
> use both Jarod's script and vnc.
> 
> --
> Al 

I just change .vnc/xstartup to a different windows manager

twm &
#startkde &

You can use your favorite of course.