Index: programs/mythfrontend/networkcontrol.h
===================================================================
--- programs/mythfrontend/networkcontrol.h	(revision 13501)
+++ programs/mythfrontend/networkcontrol.h	(working copy)
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <qmap.h>
 #include <qmutex.h>
 #include <qvaluelist.h>
+#include <qwaitcondition.h>
 
 class MainServer;
 
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@
 
     QValueList<QString> networkControlCommands;
     QMutex ncLock;
+    QWaitCondition ncCond;
 
     QValueList<QString> networkControlReplies;
     QMutex nrLock;
Index: programs/mythfrontend/networkcontrol.cpp
===================================================================
--- programs/mythfrontend/networkcontrol.cpp	(revision 13501)
+++ programs/mythfrontend/networkcontrol.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -212,31 +212,21 @@
 void NetworkControl::RunCommandThread(void)
 {
     QString command;
-    int commands = 0;
 
     for (;;)
     {
         pthread_testcancel();
 
         ncLock.lock();
-        commands = networkControlCommands.size();
+        while (!networkControlCommands.size()) {
+            ncCond.wait(&ncLock);
+            pthread_testcancel();
+        }
+        command = networkControlCommands.front(); 
+        networkControlCommands.pop_front();
         ncLock.unlock();
 
-        while (commands)
-        {
-            ncLock.lock();
-            command = networkControlCommands.front();
-            networkControlCommands.pop_front();
-            ncLock.unlock();
-
-            processNetworkControlCommand(command);
-
-            ncLock.lock();
-            commands = networkControlCommands.size();
-            ncLock.unlock();
-        }
-
-        usleep(50000);
+        processNetworkControlCommand(command);
     }
 }
 
@@ -341,6 +331,7 @@
 
         ncLock.lock();
         networkControlCommands.push_back(lineIn);
+        ncCond.wakeOne();
         ncLock.unlock();
     }
 }