[mythtv-users] Remote control only works after restarting Mythtv
Paul van Gerven
baloedebruinebeer at gmail.com
Sat Jan 10 17:24:32 UTC 2009
I have been experiencing a nuisance ever since I switched from a rather
outdated guide to install Lirc in Ubuntu (
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu_lirc_install) to just using Lirc
from the repository. When Mythtv is first started, the remote doesn't work.
When I exit and issue irw from a terminal, it sometimes works, and sometimes
it doesn't. The remarkable thing is that whenever I start Myth again, the
remote does work - always.
I should add that I have a separate X server for running Mythtv on my TV.
The user is logged in automatically, and Myth starts after login using
Preferences > Session of Gnome. So now I cannot just hit the couch after
turning on the computer, because I have to exit and start Myth again.
I am fully aware the easy solution is going back to that guide I mentioned.
However, Lirc installed that way kept breaking whenever updates came in.
I am also fully aware this might not be a Myth problem, but I was hoping
people would be willing to help out anyway.
I have been thinking to start the frontend with this 'script' as a
workaround:
#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/mythfrontend &
sleep 5
pkill mythfrontend.re
/usr/bin/mythfrontend
which works in a terminal, but not when I put it in Preferences > Session.
Any ideas?
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