[mythtv-users] mythlcdserver problem.

[Steve Goodey]

On Monday, 22 September 2025 08:00:35 BST Stephen Worthington wrote:

> What desktop are you using?  It looks like you may be running a
> mythbuntu that has been upgraded over the years since mythbuntu went
> away - if so, the desktop should be xfce4 now.  On xfce4, mythfrontend
> is started from "Session and Startup":

mythbuntu is the hostname which hasn't been changed for a long time, but the 
box is running a clean install of ubuntu 24.04 with MythTV V35. I think the 
desktop is Gnome 46.

> 
> Ctrl-Esc > Applications > Settings > Settings Manager > Session and
> Startup > Application Autostart > MythTV Frontend
> 
> It usually is set to run the command "mythfrontend --session", which
> runs the "mythfrontend" shell script which then runs
> "mythfrontend-real".  So you can change that command to run a script
> of your own that waits for lcdd to be running before it runs the
> "mythfrontend --service" command.

On my system Mythfrontend seems to be started by an entry in Startup 
Applications, Startup Application Preferences. In there is an entry MythTV 
Frontend which has a command mythfrontend --service. I've changed that command 
to mythdelayed.sh which has:-
sleep  15
mythfrontend --service

This has improved things but it's not 100%

> 
> Alternatively, I believe it is now also possible to run user desktop
> programs via systemd using the "systemctl --user" commands to create a
> new user unit to run mythfrontend.  That would allow the unit to wait
> for lcdd.  If you do that, you will need to untick the "MythTV
> Frontend" line in the Application Autostart" list.  I am not sure what
> runs lcdd though - maybe something else in the libcdd-tools package.

I think you've mentioned the wrong package, that one is something to do with 
"manipulating general convex polyhedra". :-)

> So I am not sure how such a user unit would wait for lcdd to be ready.
> 

Yes, that's the problem, 

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Regards, Steve Goodey
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