[mythtv-users] Desktop Logout when exiting MythFrontend

[Michael T. Dean]

On 09/03/2007 01:44 PM, Remco Treffkorn wrote:
> On Monday 03 September 2007, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>   
>> On 09/03/2007 12:40 PM, Remco Treffkorn wrote:
>>     
>>> On Monday 03 September 2007, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>>       
>>>> On 09/03/2007 10:36 AM, David Vasquez wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> I just upgraded from FC5 to FC7 and Myth 20.0 to 20.2.
>>>>>
>>>>> All is back working as it should except that now, when
>>>>> I exit Mythfrontend, it automatically logs me out of
>>>>> my KDE desktop.  Before the upgrade, it would exit the
>>>>> Mythfrontend and then bring me to the KDE desktop.
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried changing the 'Halt Command' from halt to
>>>>> nothing but that didn't seem to so anything.  I'm not
>>>>> sure if it was my Fedora upgrade or Myth upgrade which
>>>>> did it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>>>>           
>>>> Change the script you're using to start your X session or whatever
>>>> (~/.Xsession or ~/.xinitrc or ...) and that's also starting mythfrontend
>>>> so that it waits on the window manager, not on mythfrontend.  The
>>>> behavior isn't caused by Myth or by any Myth settings.  It's just that X
>>>> is being told to run until mythfrontend finishes.
>>>>         
>>> That's certainly one thing that can cause it, but he said it was fine
>>> before the upgrade. Notice that he mentions the KDE desktop.
>>>
>>> Maybe he sees what I am seeing: Mythfrontend crashes the X server on
>>> termination. This is with the proprietary nvidia driver from Atrpms.
>>>
>>> Oh, and the xsession is a standard kdm login session. I start the fe
>>> after login by clicking on an icon ;-)
>>>       
>> Well, I've heard that FC7 is using an unpatched QT 3.3.8, which has a
>> known bug that causes Myth applications to segfault upon exit.
> All my fe's are on F7. None of the Myth apps segfault. I don't know where you 
> heard what you heard, but you did not hear it from me.
>   

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Mike