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[Bug 468205] Re: mythtv-frontent not started automatically at login

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From: Bryan Eargle <bryan.eargle@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:33:06 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 468205 <468205@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Mythbuntu 9.10 confirmed workaround of replacing the following line in
/usr/share/applications/mythtv.desktop

Exec=mythfrontend --service

with

Exec=env EXPERIMENTALLY_ALLOW_PULSE_AUDIO=1 mythfrontend --service

MythTV Frontend starts as expected at boot after this change.

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mythtv-frontent not started automatically at login
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Status in Mythbuntu, Ubuntu derivative focused upon MythTV: New

Bug description:
The problem seems to be related to pulseaudio, here is my .xsession-errors:mythtv.desktop

2009-11-01 10:45:47.539 mythfrontend version: branches/release-0-22-fixes [22667] www.mythtv.org
2009-11-01 10:45:47.751 AudioPulseUtil, Warning: Can not connect to sound server, can not suspend.
                        Connection refused
2009-11-01 10:45:47.792 ERROR: ***Pulse Audio is running!!!!***
2009-11-01 10:45:47.792 ERROR: But MythTV was not able to suspend it. EXITING!

Note: I can start mythtv by double-clicking the .config/autostart/mythtv.desktop file.

Mythbuntu 9.10 with mythtv 0.22.0+fixes22667-0ubuntu0+mythbuntu3