[mythtv-users] benefits of one Ubuntu Distro vs. another for FE

[Jim Abernathy]

On 01/10/2018 05:22 PM, Jonatan Lindblad wrote:
> Den 2018-01-10 kl. 21:32, skrev Jim Abernathy:
>> in rebuilding all my Frontends with v29 I ran across some interesting 
>> items.  First, on one Intel NUC I installed Ubuntu 16.04 Server then 
>> added the Xubuntu-Desktop, then removed Libreoffice.  Installing 
>> Mythtv-frontend was a breeze.  There were very little power saving 
>> options and I turned them all off as well as not turning the display 
>> off. That system works great and I can power off my TV or switch 
>> video inputs and the mythtv is always there when I turn on the TV and 
>> switch to it’s input.  No issues with that solution.
>>
>> On another NUC in another room, I installed Xubuntu 16.04.3 Desktop 
>> completely and setup all the power and screen options the best I 
>> could to not turn anything off.  But on that computer, If I cut off 
>> the A/V receiver the NUC is connected to, the screen never comes back.
>
> It's possibly something to do with xfsettingsd: 
> http://lists.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2016-May/387197.html
>
> Jonatan
> __________

I've fought the same battle many times and can never figure out what 
fixes it.  What I had documented that fixed it before was related to 
xfsettingsd, but couldn't find out how to keep it from running.  But 
since the mSATA in the NUC is 20 times larger than Ubuntu and 
Mythtv-frontend need, I can live with the full blown install of Ubuntu.  
Once I setup mythfrontend to auto start on boot, it's just an appliance 
at that point.

Jim A

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