[mythtv-users] Troubles with Irtrans VFD

[tim dennis]

Here is a hacky script I am now using to start mythfrontend and also get the
VFD to work:

#!/bin/bash
sudo pkill -HUP mythlcdserver &
xterm -hold -e mythfrontend -v all,nodatabase,nomedia  &
pid=$!
sleep 5
# terminate mythlcdserver and it will auto restart in 10 seconds
sudo pkill -HUP mythlcdserver &
wait $pid
sudo pkill -HUP mythlcsserver &
# EOF


(Admittedly not great, but it gets the job done until I can find some kind
of solution within mythtv)

Tim




On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:47 PM, tim dennis <tdennis.sub at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> OK. so basically it boils down to this:
>
> Mythfrontend 0.21 does not start mythlcdserver properly during initial
> start.
> Only by restarting the mythlcdserver after mythfrontend is running does
> the VFD start to work (you can even let mythfrontend just auto restart
> mythlcdserver after 10 seconds)
>
> 1) $ mythfrontend
>
> 2) ...wait a few seconds until frontend is up and running...
>
> 2) $ sudo pkill -HUP mythlcdserver
>
> 3) ...wait 10 seconds...
>
> 4) Bingo!! VFD starts to work (and works great thereafter)
>
>
> I guess I could make a little startup script for this, but it is kind of
> hackish, killing the LCD process just because it won't start properly the
> first time round.
>
> Should I open a ticket on the Mythtv trac server?
>
> Tim
>
>
>
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