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

[Alan Snyder]

--- KianTeck <chua_kianteck at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> 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

You can also use irexec from the lirc package to
execute whatever you want from the remote.  See the
docs, but basically you run irexec as you do irxevent,
and configure the behaviors in .lircrc.  I use it on a
combined myth/desktop box to wake up the screen from
power save and switch between myth and the regular desktop.


	
		
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