[mythtv] mythfrontend on ubuntu 17.04 testing X11 ICE problems

[Derek Atkins]

Roger,

Roger James <roger at beardandsandals.co.uk> writes:

> Here is a suggested patch against mythdbcon.cpp in 2.8-fixes. It could
> used at other places where sleep or other blocking system calls are
> being called on a main GUI thread.
>
> -                sleep(m_dbparms.wolReconnect);
> +                QTime sleepTime =
> QTime::currentTime().addSecs(m_dbparms.wolReconnect);
> +                while (QTime::currentTime() < sleepTime)
> +
> QCoreApplication::processEvents(QEventLoop::ExcludeUserInputEvents,
> 100);

One problem with this patch is that it will spin the CPU for the
wolReconnect idle time, which isn't very nice.

What exactly is the problem with using sleep()?

-derek
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