[mythtv-users] mythfrontend floods .xsessions-error

[Juergen Sachs]

Am Mittwoch, 9. Mai 2007 23:05 schrieb Michael T. Dean:
As you mention it.
I had one in it, I think it was silently lost when I added the lines for nvtv.

Thanks for the init script, I'll try and see if this will fix it.
But I think it will now flood the mythlogfile specified.
But then I will try to save some of the content.

Thanks so far for the hint and the script.
Juergen

> On 05/09/2007 04:52 PM, Juergen Sachs wrote:
> > I am runniung the mythfrontend as specified user "mythtv".
> > After some time, the ".xsession-errors" file in the home of the user
> > grows until it fills up the whole home partition.
> > The only thing to stop it is to quit mythfrontend, delete the file and
> > restart mythfrontend. Then it work for some days without filling up the
> > file with errors.
>
> ...
>
> > cat ~/.xinitrc
> > # startup mythtv frontend
> > #
> > # init TV Output of grfik card
> > nvtv -t -r 800,600 -s Large -S PAL -C SVIDEO
> > #
> > # start mythfrontend
> > exec mythfrontend
> > #
> > # end quit if exited
> > exit 0
>
> Your .xinitrc is broken.  If you do an "exec", it replaces the running
> shell (i.e. that running the .xinitrc with the specified command.  That
> means that your exit 0 will never execute (and that all of
> mythfrontend's output goes to the .xinitrc's output--which I'm guessing
> is your .xsession-errors).  And, you should /really/ run a window manager.
>
> Below is a more appropriate way to handle starting a WM and mythfrontend
> in a .xinitrc.  With this approach, if a file ~/.mythtv/autostart
> exists, X starts mythfrontend and waits for it to exit (so, X exists
> when mythfrontend does).  Otherwise, it waits for the window manager to
> exit.  If you configure your system with autologin/auto-X-on-/dev/tty#,
> it will automatically restart after you exit or after a crash.
>
> Note, though, that you should run the WM regardless (and should start it
> before starting any X apps).  Running without a WM is not a supported
> configuration.  I use fluxbox, but RatPoison is an even smaller (more
> lightweight) WM that's very appropriate (and simply requires your
> changing "fluxbox" to "ratpoison" in the sample excerpt below).  Also,
> uncomment the irexec/irxevent lines as appropriate.
>
> Mike
>
> # Start the window manager
> fluxbox & wmpid=$!
>
> # Ensure irexec and irxevent are not running
> #killall irexec
> #killall irxevent
>
> # Start irexec
> #irexec -d
> # Start irxevent
> #irxevent &
>
> if [ -f $HOME/.mythtv/autostart ]; then
>     # Start mythfrontend
>     mythfrontend -l /home/mythtv/log/mythfrontend.log
> else
>     # Wait for the window manager to exit
>     wait $wmpid
> fi
>
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