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Message #04092
[Bug 692697] Re: Automatically restart Myth Frontend (Mythbuntu; Patch)
Sorry for the delays, I just got this tested. It looks good, i've
committed it to autobuilds (and made the change for <2>). It will be in
the next set of autobuilds and included by default in Natty.
** Changed in: mythtv (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Committed
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Title:
Automatically restart Myth Frontend (Mythbuntu; Patch)
Status in “mythtv” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Committed
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.
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