[mythtv-users] Improving WAF -- Poweroff Through The Remote

[KianTeck]

Dennis Lou wrote:

>From: ggalt at comcast.net
>  
>
>>I'm trying to improve the WAF factor of MythTV.  
>>I have a headless system at home 
>>(FC1 and Alex's RPMs with a PVR-350) that remains on 
>>all the time.  The problem 
>>is that we occassionally get significant 
>>thunderstorms and power outages/surges.  
>>Usually, if I'm home and a big storm is on, I 
>>simply remotely log into the box 
>>and power it down -- this is beyond my 
>>wife's capabilities
>>    
>>
>
>Why doesn't she just hit the power button on the
>box?  Or do you not have it correctly configured
>to execute the poweroff command?
>
>-Dennis
>
>  
>
This is exactly what I did for my myth box running FC1.  If you are 
using lilo, then just modify /etc/lilo.conf and add "acpi=on" to the  
append line like this:

----------------------------------------------- snip 
-----------------------------------------
image=/boot/vmlinuz
    label="linux"
    root=/dev/hda5
    initrd=/boot/initrd.img
    append="quiet *acpi=on* ....."
    vga=791
    read-only
----------------------------------------------- snip 
-----------------------------------------

Then, execute the /sbin/lilo to activate the change:
# /sbin/lilo
:
:
# shutdown -r now

When the computer starts to boot up, go to the BIOS settings and ensure 
that the power button event or something like that is enabled.  It 
should be under the Power Management settings.  Save the changes and 
reboot the computer.

When the box boots up completely, try pressing the "Power" button on the 
computer and you'll see that it shuts down and power off the box cleanly.

Cheers
KianTeck

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