[mythtv-users] mythwelcome auto exit mythfrontend

Don Bossung dbossung at windstream.net
Wed Jan 28 23:39:34 UTC 2009


dbossung at windstream.net wrote:
> ---- Paul Harrison <mythtv at sky.com> wrote: 
>   
>> On 1/28/09, Don Bossung <dbossung at windstream.net> wrote:
>>     
>>> I have a headless dedicated backend (Mythdora 5.0 - FC8/Myth 0.21) and have
>>> used a number of resources to setup my smoothwall router to auto wol the
>>> backend when a recording starts implementing mythwelcome et al. (I can't use
>>> acpi or suspend to ram as this is a dell pe2650 and I can't get it to use
>>> either)
>>>
>>> My last problem is that mythwelcome will not start its shutdown timer until
>>> I start mythfrontend on the backend machine and then esc out of mythfrontend
>>> back to the mythwelcome screen. Then the countdown starts and all works well
>>> from there.
>>>
>>> This all seems kinda counter to the idea of a dedicated backend since it is
>>> a headless server and I don't use mythfrontend on it at all.
>>>
>>> So, my question is, how do I get MythWelcome to just 'kick in' to its
>>> counter rather than sitting there saying idle until mythfrontend is started
>>> and then exited.
>>>
>>> BTW, I am aware that this has likely been asked and answered before, but
>>> I'll be dog-goned if I can find it.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> don
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> Uncheck the 'Block Shutdown Before Client Connected'  setting in
>> mythtv-setup. Also there is a setting on MythWelcome's settings page to not
>> start the frontend when starting up manually.
>>
>> Paul H.
>>     
>
> Thanks Paul, at work now will check later and post the results.
>
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> Worked as directed Paul, thank for the help.




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