From: Bill Meek <<a href="mailto:keemllib@gmail.com">keemllib@gmail.com</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br>Cc: <br>Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:36:05 -0600<br>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Shutdown Issue - Need Help<br>
On 11/27/2012 02:13 PM, Jeff Hatfield wrote:<br>
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When It doesn’t work - The problem comes in once the MythTv backend has<br>
been used. Once it has recorded something, or I’ve used the frontend to<br>
watch a show, it will never shutdown again until I reboot. It’s as if once<br>
the backend has been used to do something there is something loaded that<br>
keeps it from being idle.<br>
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> Any suggestions or troubleshooting tips are much appreciated.<br>
<br>
>>Hi;<br>
<br>
>>When the backend is in the "It doesn't work" mode, type:<br>
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>> mythshutdown --check -v general --loglevel info<br>
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>>The last line(s) could help, and might look similar to this:<br>
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>> 2012-11-27 14:25:28.489279 I Mythshutdown: --status returned: 16<br>
>>2012-11-27 14:25:28.489325 I Mythshutdown: --check returned: 1<br>
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>>The return value must be 0 for shutdown to happen.<br>
<br>
>>Starting the backend with the -v idle,system could give you some<br>
clues if the above doesn't help.<br>
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>>-- <br>
>>Bill<br><br>Bill - thanks for the tips - it was very helpful to see the output of the command (see below), but unfortunately, I still can't see a reason it's not shutting down after the backend records something.<br>
<br>I'll try your other suggestion about Starting the backend with the -v idle,system tonight and see what that does.<br><br> <br>mythshutdown --check -v general --loglevel info<br><br>When it's recording this is the output from the check<br>
<br>2012-11-28 19:12:33.577653 N isRecording: Attempting to connect to master server...<br>2012-11-28 19:12:33.581842 I MythCoreContext: Connecting to backend server: <a href="http://10.0.0.2:6543">10.0.0.2:6543</a> (try 1 of 1)<br>
2012-11-28 19:12:33.583654 I Using protocol version 72<br>2012-11-28 19:12:33.588050 N Recording in progress...<br>2012-11-28 19:12:33.677928 I Mythshutdown: --status returned: 8<br>2012-11-28 19:12:33.677963 N Not OK to shutdown<br>
2012-11-28 19:12:33.677982 I Mythshutdown: --check returned: 1<br><br><br>As soon as it's done recording<br><br>2012-11-28 19:36:12.045205 N Commercial Detection in progress...<br>2012-11-28 19:36:12.145499 N isRecording: Attempting to connect to master server...<br>
2012-11-28 19:36:12.150087 I MythCoreContext: Connecting to backend server: <a href="http://10.0.0.2:6543">10.0.0.2:6543</a> (try 1 of 1)<br>2012-11-28 19:36:12.151844 I Using protocol version 72<br>2012-11-28 19:36:12.167073 N Has queued or pending jobs<br>
2012-11-28 19:36:12.245775 I Mythshutdown: --status returned: 34<br>2012-11-28 19:36:12.245808 N Not OK to shutdown<br>2012-11-28 19:36:12.245822 I Mythshutdown: --check returned: 1<br><br><br>As soon as it's done with flagging commercials, etc. - There were no shows scheduled to record for over 24 hours, so I just let it sit all night and it never shut down.<br>
<br>2012-11-28 19:51:30.592032 N isRecording: Attempting to connect to master server...<br>2012-11-28 19:51:30.596256 I MythCoreContext: Connecting to backend server: <a href="http://10.0.0.2:6543">10.0.0.2:6543</a> (try 1 of 1)<br>
2012-11-28 19:51:30.598138 I Using protocol version 72<br>2012-11-28 19:51:30.692320 I Mythshutdown: --status returned: 0<br>2012-11-28 19:51:30.692351 N OK to shutdown<br>2012-11-28 19:51:30.692370 I Mythshutdown: --check returned: 0<br>
<br>The next day I restarted the machine, got the mythshutdown check info below, and 20 min later it shutdown just the way it was supposed to. I'm stumped.<br><br>2012-11-29 05:40:58.798808 N isRecording: Attempting to connect to master server...<br>
2012-11-29 05:40:58.800741 I MythCoreContext: Connecting to backend server: <a href="http://10.0.0.2:6543">10.0.0.2:6543</a> (try 1 of 1)<br>2012-11-29 05:40:58.801567 I Using protocol version 72<br>2012-11-29 05:40:58.899071 I Mythshutdown: --status returned: 0<br>
2012-11-29 05:40:58.899092 N OK to shutdown<br>2012-11-29 05:40:58.899112 I Mythshutdown: --check returned: 0<br>