[mythtv-users] How to start mytthfrontend without lirc

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Aug 16, 2009, at 3:24 AM, Phill Edwards wrote:

> If I'm doing a bit of fettling about with MythTV while other people
> are using it, I run a vncserver session and in that I run an instance
> of mythfrontend or mythsetup on my Windows PC through a VNC client.
> The problem with this is that if someone watching MythTV on the TV
> presses a button on the remote, that affects my mythfrontend or
> mythsetup in VNC as well - which is, of course, a bit disconcerting at
> the least, and dangerous at the worst (if I'm in some setup screens).
>
> Is there a way I can run mythforntend in my VNC session without it
> being affected by the LIRC remote control presses?

Open a terminal and stop the lirc daemon then start it again when  
you're done.