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[Pieter Hoekstra <692697@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: mythtv-frontend

Every once in a while, mythfrontend crashes. This is often in MythMusic
using a visualization or when using corrupt media files, etc.

Because not having a keyboard on my Mythbuntu mediacenter, there is
often no other option than poweroff and reboot the machine. (unless I'm
at home ofcource...)


I have changed the existing /usr/bin/mythfrontend script to be a "watchdog" to automatically restart mythfrontend.real (see attached patch)

The script only restarts with a exit code other than 0 or 1 and only in
"--service" mode. This prevents restarting mythfrontend while the user
uses the Exit option, or when X stops, or machine reboots or when
starting myth from the command-line.

While restarting, it displays a "Restarting Frontend" message. Test it using: pkill -9 -f mythfrontend.real
The display-messages requires "notify-send" in package libnotify-bin. I used this, so you don't have to click it away.

I'm using this with Myth 0.23 and Myth 0.24 for a few months now. Since
checking for exit-codes, I do not have any issues.

** Affects: mythtv (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/692697

Title:
  Automatically restart Myth Frontend (Mythbuntu; Patch)

Status in “mythtv” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: mythtv-frontend

Every once in a while, mythfrontend crashes. This is often in MythMusic using a visualization or when using corrupt media files, etc.

Because not having a keyboard on my Mythbuntu mediacenter, there is often no other option than poweroff and reboot the machine. (unless I'm at home ofcource...)


I have changed the existing /usr/bin/mythfrontend script to be a "watchdog" to automatically restart mythfrontend.real (see attached patch)

The script only restarts with a exit code other than 0 or 1 and only in "--service" mode. This prevents restarting mythfrontend while the user uses the Exit option, or when X stops, or machine reboots or when starting myth from the command-line.

While restarting, it displays a "Restarting Frontend" message. Test it using: pkill -9 -f mythfrontend.real
The display-messages requires "notify-send" in package libnotify-bin. I used this, so you don't have to click it away.

I'm using this with Myth 0.23 and Myth 0.24 for a few months now. Since checking for exit-codes, I do not have any issues.