Where is mythlcdserver started?

[Juzz]

Hiyas,

I have an iMon VFD and have setup LCDd to startup as a service (by using update-rc.d).

However it seems that mythlcdserver is loaded up before LCDd - as it is only the heartbeat that is showing when mythfrontend is launched.

I can't seem to figure out where mythlcdserver is started up, if I could then I could perhaps do something to have mythlcdserver load up after LCDd.

Regards
Juzz

[wombo]

Mythtv requests for Mythlcdserver to startup.

There is an option to output to LCD in the config.

[joshp]

I have the same problem. Its the same device and ever since the upgrade to hardy the LCD displays the SERVERS: X CLIENTS: X screen until I restart mythfrontend. Did you find any solution?
Thanks,
-Josh

[slyhne]

Hi

I'm having this problem as well.

If I ssh into my MythTV computer and kill mythlcdserver mythfrontend will start mythlcdserver automatic and connect.

I noticed that I had to kill it 2 times before it connected

$ killall mythlcdserver
$ killall mythlcdserver

There must be some timing issue.

I could write a script that kills mythlcdserver after startup, but thats not a solution.

Does anyone know what the right solution is?

Regards

slyhne

[Globemaster]

Hi,
I had the same problem and I think I solved it. I used sysv-rc-conf (apt-get install sysv-rc-conf) to change the starting of LCDd. In the LCDd row I set "S" enabled. Now it works for me (again).

Hope this helps,
Globemaster

[ironstorm]

I have this problem, supposedly there is a bug in mythfrontend which doesn't init the connection to LCDproc properly...

There is a whole thread on it, this was the last post about it:
http://www.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2008-April/220795.html

[sebrock]

Was this solved by anyone? Is there a proper solution. I seem to have the exact same problem, killing mythlcdserver makes it work :confused:

Would be nice to know what this is...