Starting 'irexec' on reboot

Every time I reboot my MythTV frontend/backend box, I'm annoyed that I have to sit in front of my tv with the keyboard to open up an xterm window and run 'irexec' so that the "wife button" works to stop/start MythTV Frontend when it's misbehaving.

I tried setting 'irexec' as a start script in Gnome, but that never worked. I found the answer to be embarrassingly simple... Wrap the command in your own bash script, then set that script as a startup script.

So in /home/mythtv/bin/start_irexec.sh :
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#!/bin/bash
irexec

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That's it! I set that command as a startup command in Gnome, and now I can unplug the keyboard, and reboot anytime I need.