[mythtvnz] Auto start with Gentoo

[Steve Hodge]

On 2/17/06, Duncan Kennington <zilla@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> Yes - I run mythwelcome instead of mythfrontend because if the frontend
> crashes you're not left with the X desktop and the wife hollering at you.
> :-)

But if you've got something automatically starting mythwelcome then
couldn't you just have that same thing start a script that repeatedly
runs mythfrontend? That's what I do...

Steve

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:mythtvnz-admin@lists.linuxnut.co.nz] On Behalf Of Steve Hodge
> Sent: Wednesday, 15 February 2006 7:21 p.m.
> To: mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Auto start with Gentoo
>
> On 2/15/06, Duncan Kennington <zilla@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> > I also use GDM - set to log user mythtv in automatically.  Insted of
> > running mythfrontend automatically, if you are using SVN or 0.19 (if
> > that's out yet), use mythwelcome - it stays up independent of the
> > frontend, allows you to start the frontend if it crashes, and uses the
> existing LIRC bindings for Myth.
>
> So you run mythwelcome automatically instead of mythfrontend automaticall=
y?
> I think I'm missing the point...
>
> Steve
>
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