[mythtv-users] Use LIRC to run /etc/init.d/gdm restart

[jedi]

On Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 09:59:29AM +1000, Lachlan McIntosh wrote:
> Hi everyone
> 
> Been running myth for quite awhile now and being the adventuresome type,
> I run it using the SVN build.
> 
> However occasionally the front end segfaults leaving me with a blank
> screen, and seeing as I don't have a keyboard plugged into the box, it
> means I have to wander down the other end of the house to another PC,
> ssh in and run "/etc/init.d/gdm restart" (well I don't really have to do
> >that<, but after much fluffing about it seems the quickest way to get
> back to watching my program)...
> 
> 
> Does anyone have a procedure for setting up my box so I can press the
> "power" button (or I'm thinking the "recessed" "Record" button) on my

Here is the "kill switch" I have setup for this sort of situation.

------------------------- lircrc ----------------------

#Power Button
begin
prog = irexec
button = Power
repeat = 4
config = /usr/local/bin/mythpowerbutton.sh
end

----------------------------- mythpowerbutton.sh ---------------

#!/bin/bash

if [ "$USER" = "mythtv" ]; then
    kill -9 -1
else
    ps -aef | grep mythtv | awk '{print $2}' | xargs -ifred kill -9 fred
fi



> MCE remote and for LIRC to kick off a "/etc/init.d/gdm restart"?
> 
> Or for that matter can anyone suggest a better way to restart the
> frontend after a segfault??
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Lachlan

  My mythfrontend runs from init. The mythtv user gets logged in 
automatically. If I do a killall on the mythtv user, that user 
will end up logged out and then logged back in again.

  This is a pretty tidy mythtv only reset.