That was exactly it. Thanks! -Tim
On 9/15/05, John Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you sure it locks up. I believe it will leave the > alpha value set so that you don't see any X-windows > stuff until the alpha is restored but it shouldn't > lock up. > Restoring the alpha is trivial by adding > > ivtvfbctl /dev/fb0 -alpha 255 > > to the end of the script. > > John > > --- Timothy McFadden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > I installed MythTV a while back with Jarod's FC3 > > guide. Part of his > > "Tips 'n' Tricks" is a shell script to kill > > mythfrontend from the > > remote. > > > > This script works fine, however when ivtv-dec is > > decoding a program > > and mythfrontend gets killed, the decoder locks up. > > The only way that > > I know of to fix the lock up is to reboot. I > > believe this is a know > > bug ( sort of, it's known to happen with > > mythfrontend crashes which is > > almost the same thing ). > > > > Does anyone have a fix or know where I could find > > the info to adjust > > the script so it kills the ivtv decoder "nicely"? > > The WAF has peaked > > and started to decline because of this. > > > > I'm using Myth 0.18, ivtv 0.3.7k ( from RPM ), and a > > PVR-350 w/ TV Out. > > > > Here's Jarod's script ( also @ > > http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/tips.php ): > > > > #!/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 > > killall $PROG > > fi > > fi > > exit 0 > > > > -Tim > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users