[mythtv-commits] Ticket #12977: Improved Frontend Startup in case of connection problems

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#12977: Improved Frontend Startup in case of connection problems
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     Reporter:  pbennett          |      Owner:  pbennett
         Type:  Developer Task    |     Status:  new
     Priority:  minor             |  Milestone:  29.0
    Component:  MythTV - General  |    Version:  Master Head
     Severity:  medium            |   Keywords:
Ticket locked:  0                 |
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 When starting up the MythTV frontend, if the database is unavailable, the
 user gets the Country and Language selection page, even if they have
 previously completed setup. This is confusing to the newcomer and annoying
 to the experienced user. If the user continues with selecting Country and
 Language it does not resolve things and leads one down a rat hole.

 If the user has set up database WOL, the experience is also not good.
 There is no feedback while the database is starting up. Nothing is
 displayed, and it looks as if nothing is happening for however long it
 takes for the database wakeup.

 I plan to add a new MythTV startup page that will be displayed if the
 database and backend are not immediately available, and if setup was
 previously done (i.e. config.xml is available). It will wait a reasonable
 time for the database and for the backend, while showing user messages as
 to what is happening. After some time if the database and backend are not
 available it will provide buttons to "Retry", "Setup", or "Exit".
 Selecting Setup will continue to Language selection as at present.

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Ticket URL: <https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/12977>
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