[mythtv-users] Frontends does not reconnect after a backend restart

[Poul Petersen]

> If it is normal behaviour, I was planning to setup a way to map one of
> my remote's buttons to execute an X restart (ctrl-alt-bkpspace.)
> Though, I have not been able to figure it how just yet.

	irexec is your friend. Here is what I use in my 
lircrc file:

begin
    prog = irexec
    button = Power
    repeat = 1
    config = killall -9 X
end

	Not gracefull, but entirely functional. Obviously you would want
"button" to correspond to whatever keypress you wanted to use...

-poul