[mythtv-users] Autostart irxevent and mythfrontend?

[Jeremy Oddo]

Thanks Ken!

I had actually just stumbled upon this (after doing a Google search and
finding a Mandrake site that explained it).

Thanks for the tip off.  And now it works :)

Jeremy

Ken VanDine said:
> You should create a .Xclients file that looks like this:
>
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> #Start a window manager
> blackbox &
> #Start the IR event server
> /usr/local/bin/irxevent &
>
> #Start MythTV
> /usr/local/bin/mythfrontend > ~/mythfrontend.log 2>&1
>
>
> --Ken
>
> Quoting Jeremy Oddo <joddo at apixels.net>:
>
>> Thanks for the advice, but it still doesn't seem to want to work.  Is
>> irxevent/irexec DISPLAY specific?
>>
>> Jeremy
>>
>> Eni Gma said:
>> > Try setting the display in the script that you use to start these
>> programs.  If you are starting them on boot they won't know what
>> display
>> >  to use.  Try putting
>> >
>> > export DISPLAY=localhost:0
>> >
>> > at the beginning of the script you are using to start the programs.
>> >
>> > Jeremy Oddo wrote:
>> >
>> >>Hi all--
>> >>
>> >>I've got my Myth box just about dialed in...BUT... :(
>> >>
>> >>I'm trying to get irexec, irxevent, and mythfrontend to start upon
>> >> bootup (or login) but I'm not having much luck.  I got mythbackend
>> to start via /etc/init.d/rc.# and lircd starts under rc.local but
>> for some reason irexec, irxevent, and mythfrontend won't start up.
>> I've tried putting them in rc.local and even in my .bash_profile.
>> I'm using "autologin" under KDE and I'm using a Mandrake9 distro.
>> AFTER the thing logs in, I can type:
>> >>. .bash_profile
>> >>and everything loads up and runs just fine, I just can't seem to get
>> it
>> >> to launch automatically.
>> >>
>> >>Anyone have some pointers?
>> >>
>> >>Thanks!
>> >>Jeremy
>> >>
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