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diff -aur gnome-dvb-daemon-0.1.23/src/Channel.vala new/src/Channel.vala
--- gnome-dvb-daemon-0.1.23/src/Channel.vala	2011-01-14 18:06:29.000000000 +0100
+++ new/src/Channel.vala	2011-05-08 21:59:45.319041776 +0200
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@
             get { return this.sid; }
             set {
                 this.sid = value;
-                if (this.has_schedule)
+                if (this.has_schedule) {
                     this.schedule = new DVB.Schedule (this);
+                    this.schedule.restore.begin ();
+                }
             }
         }
         public uint GroupId {get; set;}
diff -aur gnome-dvb-daemon-0.1.23/src/Main.vala new/src/Main.vala
--- gnome-dvb-daemon-0.1.23/src/Main.vala	2010-08-11 15:08:59.000000000 +0200
+++ new/src/Main.vala	2011-05-08 22:04:39.808009412 +0200
@@ -212,13 +212,13 @@
         
         restore_device_groups ();
 
-        Idle.add (DVB.RTSPServer.start);
+        DVB.RTSPServer.start.begin ();
 
         if (!disable_mediaserver) {
             if (enable_mediaserver2)
-                Idle.add (DVB.MediaServer2.start_rygel_services);
+                DVB.MediaServer2.start_rygel_services.begin ();
             else
-                Idle.add (DVB.MediaServer.start_rygel_services);
+                DVB.MediaServer.start_rygel_services.begin ();
         }
 
         // Start GLib mainloop
diff -aur gnome-dvb-daemon-0.1.23/src/rtsp/Server.vala new/src/rtsp/Server.vala
--- gnome-dvb-daemon-0.1.23/src/rtsp/Server.vala	2011-01-14 18:12:52.000000000 +0100
+++ new/src/rtsp/Server.vala	2011-05-08 22:04:26.242816967 +0200
@@ -43,14 +43,13 @@
         return address;
     }
 
-    public static bool start () {
+    public static async void start () {
         message ("Starting RTSP server");
         server = new Gst.RTSPServer ();
         server.set_media_mapping (new MediaMapping ());
         server.set_address (get_address ());
         server.attach (null);
         timeout_id = GLib.Timeout.add_seconds (2, (GLib.SourceFunc)timeout);
-        return false;
     }
     
     public static void shutdown () {
diff -aur gnome-dvb-daemon-0.1.23/src/rygel/Services2.vala new/src/rygel/Services2.vala
--- gnome-dvb-daemon-0.1.23/src/rygel/Services2.vala	2010-08-11 11:37:06.000000000 +0200
+++ new/src/rygel/Services2.vala	2011-05-08 22:04:05.882520215 +0200
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@
 
     private static DeviceGroupsMediaContainer2 root_container;
 
-    public static bool start_rygel_services () {
+    public static async void start_rygel_services () {
         try {
             var conn = DBus.Bus.get (DBus.BusType.SESSION);
 
@@ -395,14 +395,12 @@
                     root_container);
             } else {
                 warning ("Rygel MediaServer D-Bus service is already running");
-                return false;
+                return;
             }
 
         } catch (Error e) {
             critical ("Oops %s", e.message);
-            return false;
         }
-        return false;
     }
 
 }
diff -aur gnome-dvb-daemon-0.1.23/src/rygel/Services.vala new/src/rygel/Services.vala
--- gnome-dvb-daemon-0.1.23/src/rygel/Services.vala	2010-08-09 15:19:57.000000000 +0200
+++ new/src/rygel/Services.vala	2011-05-08 22:09:04.780179143 +0200
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
 
     private static DeviceGroupsMediaContainer root_container;
 
-    public static bool start_rygel_services () {
+    public static async void start_rygel_services () {
         try {
             var conn = DBus.Bus.get (DBus.BusType.SESSION);
 
@@ -298,14 +298,12 @@
                     root_container);
             } else {
                 warning ("Rygel MediaServer D-Bus service is already running");
-                return false;
+                return;
             }
 
         } catch (Error e) {
             critical ("Oops %s", e.message);
-            return false;
         }
-        return false;
     }
 
 }
diff -aur gnome-dvb-daemon-0.1.23/src/Schedule.vala new/src/Schedule.vala
--- gnome-dvb-daemon-0.1.23/src/Schedule.vala	2011-01-07 12:36:24.000000000 +0100
+++ new/src/Schedule.vala	2011-05-08 22:07:51.063383022 +0200
@@ -42,23 +42,22 @@
         construct {
             this.events = new EventStorage ();
             this.epgstore = Factory.get_epg_store ();
-
-            Idle.add (this.restore);
         }
 
-        private bool restore () {
+        public async void restore () {
             Gee.List<Event> levents;
             try {                        
                 levents = this.epgstore.get_events (
                     this.channel.Sid, this.channel.GroupId);
-            } catch (SqlError e) {
-                critical ("%s", e.message);
-                return false;
+            } catch (SqlError e1) {
+                critical ("%s", e1.message);
+                return;
             }
 
             int newest_expired = -1;
+            Event event;
             for (int i=0; i<levents.size; i++) {
-                Event event = levents.get (i);
+                event = levents.get (i);
                 if (event.has_expired ()) {
                     /* events are sorted by starttime */
                     newest_expired = i;
@@ -68,19 +67,18 @@
             }
 
             if (newest_expired != -1) {
-                Event event = levents.get (newest_expired);
+                event = levents.get (newest_expired);
                 try {
                     this.epgstore.remove_events_older_than (event,
                         this.channel.Sid, this.channel.GroupId);
-                } catch (SqlError e) {
-                    critical ("%s", e.message);
-                    return false;
+                } catch (SqlError e2) {
+                    critical ("%s", e2.message);
+                    return;
                 }
             }
 
             debug ("Finished restoring EPG events for channel %u",
                 this.channel.Sid);
-            return false;
         }
         
         public Schedule (Channel channel) {