[mythtv-users] Powering Off Unused Frontends

[Ash Bostock]

2009/3/31 <andy.nunez at comcast.net>

>
> I run Mythbuntu 8.04 with one backend and 5 diskless frontends. I want to
> automagically power off the frontends when they aren't being used and power
> them back on with the (Windows Media Center - New Version) remote. I have
> searched at length and can't find any way to do this. There is a lot of
> material about powering off/ on the backend based on scheduled recordings
> but not about just the frontends. I also notice that the ASPI power settings
> in XFCE don't recoginze the use of  Myth as activity so the settings have to
> be disabled or the screen blanks during playback.
>
>
> All of the frontends are Gigabyte M61PME/ S2 motherboards, 1 GB RAM and AMD
> 3800/ 4000+ processors.
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I just use mythwelcome and when finished with a frontend I simply backout to
the mythwelcome screen and the box will automatically turn off.

Ash
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