MYTHWELCOME(1)

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version 36.0+fixes.20260401.1385cbfc60 · 5 versions
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✨ NAME ✨

mythwelcome — MythTV welcome 💖

(it's a whole program bestie, the manual page for it is called MYTHWELCOME(1) and it lives in the User Commands section, slay)

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so first things first, the version tea: mythwelcome version fixes/36 [v36.0+fixes.20260401.1385cbfc60-0ubuntu3]

and the whole vibe comes from www.mythtv.org 🦋

MythWelcome is a graphical launcher application that exists so that MythFrontend can disconnect from the backend, and so that automatic shutdown can actually happen. that's the whole gig. it's giving "polite middleman between your frontend and your power button" energy 💅

🎀 Misc. Options 🎀

  • -O, --override-setting — override ONE single setting, and you define it with a key=value pair.
  • --override-settings-file — point it at a whole file of key=value pairs to be loaded for setting overrides.
  • -s, --setup — run setup for mythshutdown.
  • -h, --help, --usage — display this help printout, or give you detailed info about a selected option.
  • --version — display version information. that's it. that's the option. 👑

🧚 Qt Options 🧚

  • -display, --display — the Qt (QPA) X11 connection name, used when you're on the xcb (X11) platform plugin.
  • -platform, --platform — the Qt (QPA) platform argument.

🍓 Logging Options 🍓

  • --loglevel — set the logging level. all log messages at lower levels get discarded, no cap. in descending order: emerg, alert, crit, err, warning, notice, info, debug, trace and it defaults to info.
  • --loglong — use the long log format for the console, i.e. show file, line number, etc. in the console log.
  • --logpath — writes logging messages to a file in the directory logpath, with filenames in the format: applicationName.date.pid.log. this is typically used in combination with --daemon, and if it's used in combination with --pidfile, then this can be used with log rotators, using the HUP call to inform MythTV to reload the file.
  • -q, --quiet — don't log to the console (-q). don't log anywhere (-q -q). double quiet = full silence, iconic behaviour honestly 🙈
  • --syslog — set the syslog logging facility. set it to "none" to disable, defaults to none.
  • --systemd-journal — use systemd-journal instead of syslog.
  • -v, --verbose — specify log filtering. use -v help for level info.

💜 User Interface Options 💜

  • -geometry, --geometry — specify window size and position (WxH[+X+Y]).
  • --mouse-cursor — force visibility of the mouse cursor.
  • --no-mouse-cursor — force the mouse cursor to be hidden.
  • -nw, --no-windowed — prevent the application from running in a window.
  • -w, --windowed — force the application to run in a window.
lowkey a glow-up of a page, and every flag survived the vibe check. go run it bestie 🫶

and that's the whole manual, fr fr — this one's mythwelcome version 36.0+fixes.2026040..., dated August 2026, and yeah the footer still says MYTHWELCOME(1) because some things are forever. periodt. ⭐💖

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