[mythtv-users] some general ratpoison questions

Ben Lancaster lists at benlancaster.co.uk
Sat Apr 28 21:51:37 UTC 2007


On 28 Apr 2007, at 20:33, David Fishburn wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
>> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Rich West
>> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 2:56 PM
>> To: Discussion about mythtv
>> Subject: tv: some general ratpoison questions
>>
>> I am considering using ratpoison as the window manager on my
>> frontend systems.  I've read a number of posts, and the wiki
>> entry, and I think it really is a good way to go.
>>
>> I do have a quick question, though:  Can it be configured
>> such that if mythtv were to crash, the window manager would
>> exit, go back to the login screen, auto-login, and start up
>> mythtv again?
>>
>> I'm running FC6 on my frontend systems with it automatically
>> logging in the mythtv user, but, as you can guess, there are
>> times when mythtv exits (usually due to a error on my part)
>> and I have to go to a computer, VNC in, and start it up.
>>
>> I see http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Frontend_Auto_Login covers
>> *some* of this, but I am not sure if it meshes well with FC6...
>
>
> I am doing something similar.
> If MythFrontend does crash, I setup the Power button on the remote to
> restart the frontend.

If you use mythwelcome to launch the frontend, it's generally quite  
wife-friendly anyway, as if the frontend does crash you end up at the  
mythwelcome screen with the option to launch the frontend from there.

Ben


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