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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">I may have to do something like this. Is there a way to prompt mythfrontend for:</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">1. How long it has been idle</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">2. If it is idle?</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">Then I can add a cron job and try for an intelligent shutdown...</font></div>
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org [mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Jon Heizer [jheizer@gmail.com]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 08, 2013 9:07 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Myth TV Users List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [mythtv-users] Auto poweroff an idle front-end?<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 5:59 PM, Michael T. Dean <span dir="ltr">
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<div class="im">On 04/07/2013 01:41 PM, Michelle Dupuis wrote:<br>
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I now have several mythtv front-ends and often find front-ends running unused for days. Is there a way to configure a front-end to power itself down if has been idle for (eg) 2 hours?<br>
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See mythwelcome and/or feel free to play with the new frontend idle support.<br>
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<div>Another easy way is to have pm-suspend (or shutdown) as a daily cron job at 2am or when ever it is past your typical usage times.</div>
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