I think fundydan's approach linked here is what I was talking about: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6305480&postcount=11
If you still require me to write the patch myself I'll do it; I'm at work and can't do it right now. I suspect multiple instances being accidentally triggered are what's behind the number of backend crashes I've been experiencing on and off over the last few months. On 3/31/09 7:44 AM, "Mario Limonciello" <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Andrew: I think this is a good idea, if you can write a patch for the mythfrontend startup script, that would be even better. It's in sh, and located at /usr/bin/mythfrontend . We'd be glad to integrate it then. On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 20:23, Andrew Roazen <[email protected]> wrote: > Public bug reported: > > MythTV does not restrict the number of instances of mythfrontend which > can run simultaneously on the same box. There is no particular reason > why one box should run multiple instances simultaneously and this can > inadvertently lead to symptoms like the sound disappearing and > performance degradation. > > The script or binary which mythfrontend runs should first check to see > if the process already exists and refuse to continue if it does. > > Version installed: 0.21.0+fixes18722-0ubuntu1 > OS Description: Ubuntu 8.10 (Release: 8.10) > > Because MythTV is typically installed on a desktop OS, it is possible > for users to inadvertently trigger multiple instances; some report this > happening because of scripts associated with remote buttons. Rather than > fix button scripts, the process should monitor itself -- unless there's > some reason why it would be desirable for a single box to run multiple > instances of the frontend. Again, I'm not talking about preventing > multiple frontends running on multiple boxes, just limiting each box to > one instance each of the frontend. > > ** Affects: mythtv (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided > Status: New > > -- > multiple instances on one box undesirable > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/352077 > You received this bug notification because you are a member of MythTV > Ubuntu Maintainers, which is subscribed to mythtv in ubuntu. > -- Mario Limonciello [email protected] Sent from: Austin Texas United States. -- multiple instances on one box undesirable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/352077 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. -- multiple instances on one box undesirable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/352077 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
