[mythtv-users] wakeuptime command not run, WHY?

[Octavian Petre]

Stephen Brooks wrote:
> On Dec 19, 2007 4:09 PM, Octavian Petre <octavsly at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Sorry for my poor post. Here is the second one :-)
>> Condensed info:
>> - System goes down
>> - use /proc/acpi/alarm (works if I set my time there)
>>
>> Detailed info:
>> When the system is put down by mythbackend, it does not run wakeuptime
>> script. The mythbackaend log file gives no indication why the script is not
>> run. The script shoud set the wakeuptime in the /proc/acpi/alarm.
>> UPDATE: I have discovered that the future  recordings are flagged as (F).
>> Probably due to the fact that I do not have a TV card (experimenting with a
>> system). Can this be a reason why the wakeuptime scripts is not run?
>>
>> It would be nice to see a debug message being written in the log file..
>> something like no future recordings scheduled, wakeuptime script is skipped.
>>
>> Thank you for your time.
>> Octavian
>>
>>
>>
>>  On Dec 18, 2007 9:17 PM, Stephen Brooks <nightbikeman at googlemail.com>
>> wrote:
>>     
>>>
>>> On Dec 13, 2007 10:17 PM, Octavian Petre <octavsly at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> I have been banging my head for the last few hours to find out why my
>>>> script that would set the "WAKE-UP TIME" is  not run.
>>>>
>>>> How can I dump in the mythtbackend.log file any indication of the
>>>> "wakeuptime command" being run?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot for your time,
>>>> Octavian
>>>>
>>>>         
>
>   
>>     
> Okay I'm now a bit confused. If you haven't got a TV card then you
> can't schedule any recordings, I can only guess at the time that
> mythtv will set the wakeup time to be if there are no recordings to
> do. I guess it will set a blank time and thus your system will never
> wakeup.
>   
You can schedule recordings no problem. They will appear in the future
recording list.  Just that there is a (F) nearby that I've mist.
After putting a TV card inside everything works fine.

Thanks for your detailed post.

Best regards,
Octavian
> Anyway lets discover what time mythtv is telling your system to wakeup at...
>
> Right set the following in Mythtv-setup ->Shutdown/Wakeup Options
>
> Wakeup time format	yyyy-MM-dd:hh:mm:ss	
>
> Setwakeuptime command	echo  -$time- > /tmp/mythtv-wakeup-time	
>
> Server halt command 	echo mythtv shutdown at $(date) > /tmp/mythtv-status
>
> Pre Shutdown check-command	exit 0	
>
> Now let you system think it is going to shutdown. mythbackend should
> shutdown and then the file /tmp/mythtv-wakeup-time should contain the
> time the system was going to wakeup  and /tmp/mythtv-wakeup-time will
> contain the time mythbackend "shutdown"
>
> if  /tmp/mythtv-wakeup-time consists of two minus sign e.g. "--" then
> no time was set.
>
>
> I think you will conclude that mythbackend needs a program to record
> and hence a video capture card to wakeup.
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