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[Karl Dietz <1083392@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Moving this over to Mythbuntu as its about the integration/packaging of
MythTV.

** Also affects: mythbuntu
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: mythtv (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Mythtv frontend launch script is causing bad user experience.

Status in Mythbuntu, Ubuntu derivative focused upon MythTV:
  New
Status in “mythtv” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  in several scenario's the launch scripts is causing bad user experience.  
  With bad user experience I mean that the script causing and endless restart of the frontend.  Less experience users get frustrated by this behaviour.  

  some examples that force the endless looping of restarting mythtv
  frontend.

  - a double click on the icon on mythtv frontend.  
  - starting mythtv frontend when another user on the computer already has mythtv frontend running.
  - launching the frontend when the backend  server is not available.  

  In general I think there should be two scripts provided to the user to
  launch mythtv frontend.  One script to run mythtv on a 'tv' that has
  some logic to restart the frontend when it crashes; a second script to
  launch mythtv on a 'regular' computer.  Here the auto restart is of no
  use.  A user on a regular computer can easily restart the fronend
  himself.  At least more easy then stopping a looping restart of the
  frontend.

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