[mythtv-users] Preventing MythTV from Exiting

[Stuart Fox]

> Hi,
>
>   I'm building a dedicated PC for MythTV. Everything is working fine and
> MythTV is really a great piece of software.
>
>   What I can't figure out is how to prevent MythTV from exiting. Once a
> user exits, the only way to get back in is to dig up the keyboard and
> restart the front end. I was able to get it to restart automatically but
> I would rather prevent it from exiting in the first place. If this is in
> the documentation, I haven't found it yet.
>
>   Anyone has ideas on how to get this done?
>   Thank you in advance.
>   Pierre
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There are quite a few ways of doing it but I do it this way.
put

/usr/bin/blackbox &
/usr/X11/bin/xset -s noblank &
/usr/local/bin/mythfrontend

in ~/.xinitrc

then create a file in /usr/bin/startmyth

#!/bin/bash

while :
do
startx
done

Then put

nohup /usr/bin/startmyth &

in /etc/init.d/rc.local

Everytime mythfrontend exits, it restarts again.
Not much good if its a shared workstation tho :)

Stuart

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