[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #8291: Shutdown / Reboot values should not be pre-filled

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Tue Jul 27 17:19:52 UTC 2010


  On 07/27/2010 03:52 AM, Simon Kenyon wrote:
> On 07/26/10 23:12, MythTV wrote:
>>   (In [25433]) Fixes #8291.  Remove the default values for the "Reboot
>>   command" and "Halt command" settings.
>>
>>   The given values likely will not work on most systems without at least a
>>   sudo (and possibly path information), and including default values
>>   prevents dbus shutdown from working.  Therefore, more systems are likely
>>   to just do the right thing without the default values.  Users wanting to
>>   use a script can simply provide the appropriate command invocation (which
>>   is almost definitely different from the former default values).  This
>>   change will only affect new setups, not existing setups.  Refs #8160.
>>   Refs #7749.
> i know this is a feature request without a patch...
>
> but i have always wished for a "Reset to Default" button on each of the
> settings pages. i have been using myth for so long now i have no idea
> what some of the defaults are and i'm pretty sure i'm not using them.

On the bright side that's actually a feature request that I also have 
(so I will likely get around to it sometime).  :)

(Chances are, it will be after the setup redesign.)

Mike


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