[mythtv-users] mythbackend / mythfrontend

[Xavier Hervy]

Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> On Monday 23 February 2004 11:03, Andrew Dodd wrote:
> 
>>Quoting "Joseph A. Caputo" <jcaputo1 at comcast.net>:
>>
>>>On Sunday 22 February 2004 18:05, Xavier Hervy wrote:
>>>
>>>>I have mythbackend and mythfrontend at the same computer.
>>>>If I sheduler a tv show and exit the frontend.
>>>>the backend shutdown the computer after 10 seconds.
>>>>The computer go on when it should record my program. but the
>>>>frontend log into the backend. then the backend don't shutdown
>>>>after recording because a frontend is connected.
>>>>I would like to know if there is a tips for that trouble ?
>>>>
>>>>Xavier
>>>
>>>Don't have your frontend auto-start on bootup.
>>
>>That won't help him much, since he's eventually going to have to run
>>the frontend to watch/schedule something else.
>>
>>Try disabling all of the auto-shutdown features of the
>>frontend/backend.  (I'm assuming at some point you enabled them in
>>the first place, since in my experience they're off by default.)
> 
> 
> I think the point was that he *wants* the auto-shutdown enabled.  I'd 
> say the workaround would be not to have mythfrontend auto-start at boot 
> time, but possibly to configure something (like irexec) to start 
> mythfrontend in response to remote keypress.
> 
Yes I want auto-shutdown and yes i want auto start mythfrontend
Configuring something like irexec to start mythfrontend isn't the 
solution that i dream because it 's add "something to configure outside 
mythfrontend" to have a perfect mythbox.
> Other than that, the *real* solution would be to add a configuration 
> option to mythfrontend to allow it to shut itself down after a certain 
> idle period, or at least to disconnect itself from the backend so the 
> backend can shut down.  Anyone feel like doing a patch?
> 
> -JAC

You should be right. the real solution would be to add a idle time out 
for the frontend. but I don't know how to determine when the 
mythfrontend is idle. in the frontend we don't have general while loop 
which allow to detect if change happen. Any Idea ?
Xavier