[mythtv-users] Autostart frontend ONLY on manual startup?

[Calvin Harrigan]

Fredrik Karlsson wrote:

>HI,
>
>I think I understand what you want. Here is what I did:
>
>I created a startup script which sets lockfile only if the sciript is
>supplied with the argument "auto":
>mythtv at mythtv mythtv $ cat /usr/local/bin/mythguictrl
>#!/usr/bin/perl
>
>use warnings;
>use strict;
>
>package main;
>
>my $lockfile = '/var/run/mythtv/mythguilockfile';
>
>my $who = $ARGV[0];
>
>system "rm $lockfile" if -e $lockfile;
>
>if($who eq "auto"){
>
>        system "echo 1 > $lockfile";
>}
>
>exit 1;
>
>#---------------------------
>
>Next, I created .xinitrc and .xsession files looking like this:
>mythtv at mythtv mythtv $ cat .xinitrc
># Merge X resources from ~/.Xdefaults
>[ -f $HOME/.Xdefaults ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xdefaults
>
># Set the background and root cursor shape
>xsetroot -solid \#400040
>xsetroot -cursor_name top_left_arrow
>
># Start evilwm - snap to borders within 10 pixels
>/usr/bin/evilwm -snap 6 -bw 0 &
>
>/usr/X11R6/bin/xset s noblank &
>/usr/X11R6/bin/xset s off &
>/usr/X11R6/bin/xset -dpms &
>#/usr/bin/xsetbg  /home/mythtv/.mythtv/silent-800x600.xpm
>/usr/X11R6/bin/xsetroot -solid black
>
>[  -f /var/run/mythtv/mythguilockfile ] || mythfrontend &
>
>
>
># sleep makes it so irxevent works
># uncomment these if you don't compile lirc into mythtv (set the lirc
>USE variable to compile lirc support into mythtv)
>sleep 3
>irxevent &
>
># Transfer control to xclock - killing xclock (with Ctrl+Alt+Escape, say)
># will exit our session
>exec xclock -digital -padding 2 -g -0+0
>#----------------------------
>
>So, the frontend is ONLY started when the lockfile does not exist.
>Finally, I set the startup command (in mythsetup) to
>/usr/local/bin/mythguictrl $status
>  
>
I have a similar setup using a C++ program that I wrote called, of all 
things, MythSplash.  On an startup I have a small perl script (I think I 
used perl, over a year now) that is called from mythbackend telling 
whether or not the system was booted in automode.  What the script does 
is copies one of two .xinitrc files into the mythtv home directory.  One 
file starts mythfrontend on a manual start (no pending recordings), when 
mythfronted is exited, it then calls mythsplash that gives a 'blue' 
themed screen that says myth is shutting down, hit enter to restart, if 
pressed mythfrontend restarts.  In automatic mode the script calls 
mythsplash but this time, mythsplash displays a message indicating that 
mythtv is in auto mode hit enter key to start mythfrontend.  Once 
mythfrontend is shutdown mythsplash is displayed again.  Indicating 
Automode.  There are a couple gotcha's.  If you turn on mythtv say just 
before a recording is due, it will start in automode, because it thinks 
it's being started by nv-wake or something.  The other is that the query 
that being used internally in mythbackend to determine whether 
mythbackend should be in automode doesn't handle previously recorded 
programs or disabled programs.  For example if you are on the 'upcoming 
recordings' screen within mythfrontend,  it will show the grayed out 
shows (disabled or previously recorded) and actually scheduled 
recordings, the grayed out shows seem to confused the the manual/auto 
function in mythtv.  If I turn on mythtv when one of these disabled 
shows might have been recording, mythtv starts up in automode.  Not a 
big deal for most part, but sometimes when mythtv is awaken remotely 
(via network) it starts in automode and sometimes shutdown before the 
slave is fully booted to connect to the backend.  Hopefully when I get 
some time I'll be able to look at the code and submit a patch.  
Hopefully...  If anyone is interested in mythsplash let me know, I'll 
clean it up a bit and perhaps make it theme-able.


Calvin....