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> The machine spawns mythfrontend on display 0: from /etc/inittab so
> if Myth dies unexpectedly it's just automatically restarted. I shut
> the machines down using sudo. It all works really well for us.
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Care to share your inittab?
This would be really nice, and I too am running Gentoo. :)
Cool