Linux "Restart XBMC" Button Doesn't Do Anything

brando56894 · 2012-07-25 01:43

The Restart XBMC button in the shutdown menu doesn't seem to do anything, whenever I press it it just brings me back to whatever screen I was on, no config files were reloaded either. If it would actually exit and relaunch XBMC, re-reading the config files in the process this would be extremely useful in cases where you edit XBMC specific files but don't want to reboot the computer. I'm currently running OpenELEC on my HTPC and it's a pain to have to reboot the computer each time I want to test something, it'd be so much easier to just re-launch the program like I expected it to.

Here's the debug output from when the button is pressed:

Code:

33:06 T:139981003720512   DEBUG: OnKey: s (f053) pressed, action is ActivateWindow(shutdownmenu)

33:06 T:139981003720512   DEBUG: Activating window ID: 10111

33:06 T:139981003720512   DEBUG: ------ Window Init (DialogButtonMenu.xml) ------

33:06 T:139981003720512    INFO: Loading skin file: DialogButtonMenu.xml

33:06 T:139980257076992  NOTICE: Thread Jobworker start, auto delete: true

33:10 T:139981003720512   DEBUG: SDLKeyboard: scancode: 24, sym: 000d, unicode: 000d, modifier: 0

33:10 T:139981003720512   DEBUG: OnKey: return (f00d) pressed, action is Select

33:10 T:139981003720512   DEBUG: ExecuteXBMCAction : Translating RestartApp

33:10 T:139981003720512   DEBUG: ExecuteXBMCAction : To RestartApp

33:10 T:139981003720512   DEBUG: ------ Window Deinit (DialogButtonMenu.xml) ------

33:36 T:139980257076992   DEBUG: Thread Jobworker 139980257076992 terminating (autodelete)

tknorris · 2012-07-25 03:02

I'm running Eden on Ubuntu 12.04 and I don't have a "Restart XBMC" choice in the system menu. I wish I did...It would come in handy alot of times.

brando56894 · 2012-07-25 03:47

You may have to enable it under Settings > Skin Settings > Shutdown

Edit: I just saw a thread from 2009 where a dev said that the code was never in place outside of the original Xbox, then I saw a thread from 2011 where the devs were debating it's usefulness. I just submitted a bug report citing where it would be extremely useful in the case that you use xbmc-standalone. I use OpenELEC and it's a pain in the ass to have to reboot the system every time to see if a change to a config file worked.

Ommand · 2012-08-04 20:49

In the case of OpenElec you can just exit xbmc and it will immediately restart.

brando56894 · 2012-08-04 20:51

Haha yea I just noticed that a few days ago :-)

According to the ticket I submitted when I created this thread, it has been fixed in Frodo.

aptalca · 2012-08-06 20:25

In windows 7, restart xbmc will close it, but not launch it again

braddock71 · 2013-01-26 09:10

Frodo on windows 7 restart xbmc doesn't work for me either.

Is there anything that will work or restart the app, if it's not running, automatically?

(I should ask this somewhere else, sorry!)

teeedubb · 2013-01-26 23:59

I use irexec to restart xbmc in Linux +openelec and event ghost in windows to restart xbmc from a button on the remote.

tknorris Junior Member Posts: 39 Joined: May 2012 Reputation: 1	2012-07-25 03:02 Post: #2 I'm running Eden on Ubuntu 12.04 and I don't have a "Restart XBMC" choice in the system menu. I wish I did...It would come in handy alot of times.
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Ommand Junior Member Posts: 21 Joined: Jun 2010 Reputation: 0	2012-08-04 20:49 Post: #4 In the case of OpenElec you can just exit xbmc and it will immediately restart.
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brando56894 Member Posts: 93 Joined: Jan 2010 Reputation: 0	2012-08-04 20:51 Post: #5 Haha yea I just noticed that a few days ago :-) According to the ticket I submitted when I created this thread, it has been fixed in Frodo. (This post was last modified: 2012-08-04 20:52 by brando56894.)
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aptalca The Dude Posts: 828 Joined: Sep 2009 Reputation: 17	2012-08-06 20:25 Post: #6 In windows 7, restart xbmc will close it, but not launch it again ücretsiz seri ilan
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braddock71 Junior Member Posts: 3 Joined: Jan 2013 Reputation: 0	2013-01-26 09:10 Post: #7 Frodo on windows 7 restart xbmc doesn't work for me either. Is there anything that will work or restart the app, if it's not running, automatically? (I should ask this somewhere else, sorry!) (This post was last modified: 2013-01-26 09:32 by braddock71.)
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teeedubb Member+ Posts: 741 Joined: Mar 2010 Reputation: 11 Location: Down Under	2013-01-26 23:59 Post: #8 I use irexec to restart xbmc in Linux +openelec and event ghost in windows to restart xbmc from a button on the remote. XBMC Steam Launcher - Only available for XBMC. (This post was last modified: 2013-01-27 00:00 by teeedubb.)
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