[mythtv-users] mythshutdown on a slave backend

[Michael T. Dean]

On 10/14/2009 02:10 PM, Dan Wilga wrote:
> I have a MBE that I want to run all the time, since it's also my 
> network router. It contains the storage, MySQL, and is responsible for 
> most of the recording, via a HDHR.
>
> I also have a SBE. It is directly attached the TV and has two PVR-x50 
> cards in it. These are only rarely used for recording.
>
> I'd like to suspend the SBE when it's idle, to conserve power. I have 
> the mechanics of doing this working fine, the problem is knowing when 
> it's possible to do so.
>
> If I run "mythshutdown -s" (0.22-fixes) on the SBE, it seems to ask 
> the MBE when shutdown is possible, which is not what I want; the value 
> it returns seems to consider ALL recordings, not just the ones that 
> are coming up on the SBE, itself.
>
> Is what I'm trying to do possible? 

You're doing it the master backend way.  You need to do:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/commits/373731#373731

Mike