[mythtv-users] Waking up the Backend when a frontend starts

[Carl Fongheiser]

On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 12:11 AM, Glen Hawksworth
<glenhawk at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am knocking my head against a wall; I have recently decided to go back to
> using ACPI on my backend server because it is chewing too much power. I have
> got everything working on the server including WOL but I can't figure our
> how to get a remote frontend to WOL the backend.
> I can manually WOL the backend from the frontend system using 'wakeonlan' in
> the terminal but I can't remember where to put the WOL command within the
> MythTV software. (I have tried using the "Enable Database Server Wakeup"
> field on the "Database Configuration 2/2" page but it doesn't work for me)
> I have spent hours today googling the problem but I can't seem to find
> anything. I am sure there is a way to have a frontend system wake up the
> backend, I am sure I found a guide for it the last time I used ACPI, I am
> sure it is something silly that I am forgetting.
> Can anyone help me?
> Thanks in advance,
> Glen

Umm, have you tried replacing mythfrontend with a shell script that
invokes "wakeonlan", then invokes the real mythfrontend program?

Carl Fongheiser