[mythtv-users] Upgrade OS -> computer not shutting down when idle.

[Douglas Peale]

On 4/24/25 11:02, faginbagin wrote:
> On 4/24/2025 12:05 AM, Douglas Peale wrote:
>> On 4/23/25 20:45, Mike Hodson wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 23, 2025, 14:08 Douglas Peale via mythtv-users <mythtv-users at mythtv.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     These lines are already in my sudoers file:
>>>
>>>     # MythTV stuff for ACPI shutdown & boot
>>>     %mythtv ALL = NOPASSWD: /sbin/shutdown, /bin/sh, /usr/bin/setwakeup.sh
>>>
>>>
>>> Since it's being run by a sudo, can you check your sudoer logs [very likely part of the systemd journal] to verify that your 
>>> command is being run as expected? If not, then you would need to figure out why, but if it is, perhaps you need to log the 
>>> error that is occurring to prevent the shutdown?
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
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>> I can not find any "sudoer logs" I do see sudo commands in auth.log. In the time period that the system should have shut 
>> down, I do not see any calls to "sudo shutdown -h now".
>>
>> As a side note, I tried to test the shutdown again this afternoon, but failed due to a scheduled recording occurring in the 
>> time I was testing. I will try again later.
>>
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> I wonder if not providing the full path to shutdown is part of the problem? Maybe /sbin isn't in the PATH when mythbackend 
> tries to execute "sudo shoutdown -h now"?
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I just ran another test, and the computer shut itself off like it is supposed to.

2025-04-24T12:25:42.946967-07:00 BlackBox mythbackend: mythbackend[2005]: N Scheduler scheduler.cpp:3460 (ShutdownServer) 
Running the command to shutdown this computer :-#012#011#011#011#011sudo /usr/sbin/shutdown -h now
2025-04-24T12:25:42.947003-07:00 BlackBox mythbackend: mythbackend[2005]: D Scheduler mythsystemunix.cpp:786 (Fork) Launching: 
sudo /usr/sbin/shutdown -h now
2025-04-24T12:25:42.947033-07:00 BlackBox mythbackend: mythbackend[2005]: I Scheduler mythsystemunix.cpp:943 (Fork) Managed 
child (PID: 16911) has started! * command=sudo /usr/sbin/shutdown -h now, timeout=0
2025-04-24T13:01:16.160891-07:00 BlackBox mythbackend: mythbackend[2035]: C thread_unknown mythcommandlineparser.cpp:2904 
(ConfigureLogging) mythbackend version: fixes/34 [v34.0+fixes.20240210.e3e165a1-0ubuntu6] www.mythtv.org
2025-04-24T13:01:16.160941-07:00 BlackBox mythbackend: mythbackend[2035]: C thread_unknown mythcommandlineparser.cpp:2908 
(ConfigureLogging) Qt version: compile: 5.15.12, runtime: 5.15.13
2025-04-24T13:01:16.160972-07:00 BlackBox mythbackend: mythbackend[2035]: I thread_unknown mythcommandlineparser.cpp:2910 
(ConfigureLogging) Linux Mint 22.1 (x86_64)
2025-04-24T13:01:16.160996-07:00 BlackBox mythbackend: mythbackend[2035]: N thread_unknown mythcommandlineparser.cpp:2912 
(ConfigureLogging) Enabled verbose msgs:  general

Now to turn mythfilldatabase back on and see if I can figure out what is going on there.


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