[mythtv-users] Questionaire: What do you have your casepowerbutton do?

[Mark J. Small]

On January 12, 2006 11:00 am, James C. Dastrup wrote:
> >> I'd like to know how you turn your myth box on using the IR remote
> >> though.  I'm using the IR receiver that came with my Hauppauge Nova-t
> >> and IFAIK I can't use this for powering up [I'd be happy to be proved
> >> wrong].
> >
> >I'd also be very interested in knowing how this is done. Currently, my
> >power button kills mythfrontend and since its a combined FE/BE and the
> >BE is set to shutdown if idle, this will also shut the machine down
> >assuming nothing is recording and there are no flagging jobs running.
> >I use nvram-wakeup then to automatically power the machine on when it
> >needs to record the next show
>
> I have an IR keyboard. The BIOS is configured
> to power-on with any key-press.  I programmed my remote to send
> the key-presses from my keyboard. That's also how I send all other
> commands. I don't use LIRC at all on the front end.  My keyboard
> is  always put away and I only need it if I'm working on that
> computer for some other purpose.

So why doesn't a remote signal meant for your TV, VCR, stereo, etc wake your 
computer?  This always seemed to be the biggest roadblock for using the 
remote to wake my frontend.

Mark