[mythtv-users] How to shutdown combined fe/be machine from the front panel switch?

Richard Shaw hobbes1069 at gmail.com
Mon Jun 7 17:17:05 UTC 2010


On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 8:22 PM, Patrick Doyle <wpdster at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have mythbuntu (9.10/0.22) running on a combined fe/be machine.
> Occasionally, I would like to shut the whole thing down.  Typically,
> I've grabbed the laptop, ssh'ed in, and shut down from the command
> line.  I've decided that that is getting cumbersome (and is also
> problematic when I'm not home and I need to figure out how to tell my
> wife/family how to shut down.
>
> So I'd like it if we could shut this down by pressing the power button
> on the front of the box.
>
> Looking at the Settings>Power Management>General menu (the xfce menu,
> not a MythTV menu), I see 2 options: "Suspend" and "Hibernate" for the
> "When the power button is pressed" option.  Everything I've read says
> there should also be a "shut down" option.
>
> Did Mythbuntu disable the "shut down" option?
>
> Is there some way to turn it back on?
>
> Is there some reason I shouldn't turn that option back on?  (Keeping
> in mind that this is for very occasional use).

Are you tied to XFCE? I've been using LXDE for a while now on my myth
box (based on Fedora 12)and it is even more lightweight than XFCE. I'd
have to check when I get home but I think you can configure it to
shutdown on power button press.

Richard


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