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List:       mythtv-users
Subject:    Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV and the "average" user...
From:       Yeechang Lee <ylee () pobox ! com>
Date:       2008-05-20 19:57:58
Message-ID: 18483.11590.302266.526391 () dobiegillis ! ylee ! org
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jedi <jedi@mishnet.org> says:
> Mapping one of the remote buttons as a kill switch works very well.
> If any sort of frontend shenanigan is going on you just hit the kill
> switch and "reboot" the thing in a sort of Windows-esque fashion.

Here's what I do. (The following updates
<URL:http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/235105#235105>.)
From .lircrc:

begin
    prog = irexec
    remote = mx600_cable_043
    button = On
    repeat = 0
    delay = 10
    config = /usr/bin/xscreensaver-command -deactivate; echo 'Press
    button again within three seconds to restart MythTV' |
    /usr/local/bin/putfifo /tmp/onscreen && ~/bin/mythpowerbutton &
end

The kill button only functions if it is pushed twice within three
seconds; otherwise it simply displays a message on the screen through
putfifo (a little utility I found for this purpose since I didn't like
mythtvosd's output) and, incidentally, also turns off the screensaver
if running. The contents of my mythpowerbutton script:

#!/bin/bash
PROG=mythfrontend
STATUS=`ps -e | grep $PROG | grep -v grep | wc -l | awk '{print $1}'`

if [ `echo $DISPLAY | grep -c ":0"` -ge 1 ]
    then
    if [ $STATUS -eq 0 ]
        then

        ( $PROG & )
    else

#       play /usr/share/sounds/gtk-events/toggled.wav

        if [ -a /tmp/mythpowerbutton-off ]
            then
            touch /tmp/mythpowerbutton-on;

            exit;
        else

            touch /tmp/mythpowerbutton-off;
            sleep 3;
            if [ -a /tmp/mythpowerbutton-on ]
                then

                play /usr/share/sounds/gtk-events/activate.wav

                rm -rf /tmp/mythpowerbutton-o* && killall $PROG
            fi
            rm -rf /tmp/mythpowerbutton-o*
        fi
        rm -rf /tmp/mythpowerbutton-o*
    fi
fi

exit 0

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