[mythtv-users] Questions about automated shutdown/startup...

[Mike Perkins]

Jay Summet wrote:
> I have configured my FE/BE box to automatically shut down when idle and
> wake itself up to make recordings. I was able to use mythshutdown for
> the pre-shutdown check and actual shutdown, but had to roll my own
> script to set the acpi wakeup time. (I'm running Ubuntu 8.4 which uses
> /proc/acpi/alarm even though it has the newer kernel).  Myth version is
> the 0.21-fixes branch, up-to-date as of a month ago.
> 
> Questions:
> 
(snip)
> 
> 2) Sometimes I forget to exit out of the front end, and this keeps the
> system from shutting down. Is there a way to make the front end time-out
>  (after say, an hour of no input) and exit back to mythwelcome?
> 
That would suck if you were watching a 2-hour film.

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Mike Perkins