[mythtv-users] MythTV Pre Shutdown Check command
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Sat Jul 12 16:21:35 UTC 2008
On 07/12/2008 08:21 AM, Glen Hawksworth wrote:
> I have the need to setup a Myth box with automatic shutdown and
> startup. I can handle the ACPI setup, I can get it to turn on in time
> to tape the show and then shutdown again but I would like a way (other
> than having a frontend running) to prevent the system from shutting down.
>
> I need this because in addition to being a Mythbox, this will also be
> a personal computer for internet, word processing, the occasional
> game, etc.
> What I was thinking was that if the system was at the login screen
> then it can shutdown. If the system is logged in (even if a front end
> is not running) then it wont automatically shutdown. The idea would be
> that the user would not shutdown their PC but instead when they are
> finished with it they would just log out leaving the PC to decide if
> it can shutdown.
Can't you do that with mythshutdown (i.e. related to mythwelcome, which
comes with a standard mythtv install)? Might require a script to add
the "if no other non-myth stuff is occuring, too," but it would be a
much better starting point than a roll-your-own solution.
Mike
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