[mythtv-users] Delaying frontend start

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/12/2009 09:43 AM, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> On Feb 12, 2009, at 2:25 AM, Jan Schneider wrote:
>> I would like to know if there some built-in means to delay the start 
>> of mythfrontend, or to set a higher timeout when trying to connect to 
>> the backend.
>>
>> Reason is, I am running Mythbuntu, so mythbackend is started through 
>> Sys-V init, the frontend through autologin and the desktop managers's 
>> (xfce) autostart feature. This is a combined box. Since the box is 
>> connected through wlan, the IP address that the backend is bind to is 
>> usually up *after* the frontend started, so the frontend is 
>> complaining that it can't connect to the backend. I want to avoid 
>> that warning at the frontend start, so if a delay or longer timeout 
>> is not possible, I would also be happy with an option to turn the 
>> warning off. But I couldn't find either of these.
>> I may start the frontend from if-up, but I would prefer a myth-native 
>> solution.

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/370119#370119

> Instead of delaying the frontend, you should probably start your 
> networking sooner. There's a problem in Ubuntu where the networking 
> doesn't start until you log in as well as a way to make it start 
> sooner. (Not a bug, but a weird way they've designed the networking 
> such that it doesn't work for services that require networking before 
> you log in.)

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/370643#370643

Mike