[rev.]

Trying to get Stepmania launching correctly from XBMC via Launcher, and getting audio device busy errors in Stepmania. Stepmania is installed and runs fine if I exit XBMC and launch it with "xinit stepmania".

How can I set up a bash script to kill XBMC, launch stepmania, and restart xbmc afterward.
Tried:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
killall xbmc.bin
xinit stepmania
xinit /usr/bin/xbmc --standalone

Works if I've already exited xbmc, but not from Launcher. I believe because after killall, x is still running...?

I feel like I'm probably going about this the wrong way
Any suggestions? All help appreciated.

[vikjon0]

Works if I've already exited xbmc, but not from Launcher. I believe because after killall, x is still running...?

I dont know stepmania but if you want use the launcher I dont think you should do xinit, just execute the bin.

[rev.]

Dropped the xinits, but now getting "SDL: No video" type errors when launching stepmania.

Feel like I may be killing/launching XBMC incorrectly to free up audio drivers.

[edit]
Tried with
killall xbmc.bin
sleep 2
and
killall -s9 xbmb.bin

And it doesn't look like stepmania ever tries to run with the script like that. Does terminating xbmc kill any apps run by Launcher as well?
Other ideas?

[FishOil]

I use the remote to run my scripts via .lircrc file for irexec.

Code:

begin
     remote = Microsoft_Xbox360
     button = X
     prog = irexec
     repeat = 0
     config = /home/xbmc/start-xbmc.sh
end

begin
     remote = Microsoft_Xbox360
     button = B
     prog = irexec
     repeat = 0
     config = /home/xbmc/start-hulu.sh
end

begin
     remote = Microsoft_Xbox360
     button = A
     prog = irexec
     repeat = 0
     config = /home/xbmc/start-boxee.sh
end

Here is the script that launches hulu

Code:

#! /bin/bash

killall huludesktop

killall xbmc.bin

killall Boxee

/usr/bin/huludesktop &

the killall parts are to make sure nothing is started twice

irexec has to be started in daemon mode on startup.

irexec -d &

[krijeck]

...

How can I set up a bash script to kill XBMC, launch stepmania, and restart xbmc afterward.
Tried:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
killall xbmc.bin
xinit stepmania
xinit /usr/bin/xbmc --standalone

Works if I've already exited xbmc, but not from Launcher. I believe because after killall, x is still running...?

...

hello I would have a similar issue - I would like to have a script launching Boxee and after closing Boxee going back to XBMC. But I did not manage to start the script at all!!
here: http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=717...stcount=17 I described what I have done.
Any suggestions?
thanks,
krijeck