[mythtv-users] Slightly OT: can't get power button script to restart front end (From Jarod's guide)

[Daniel Bennett]

Jon Kunze wrote:

> I have this
>
> begin
> prog = irexec
> button = OFF
> repeat = 4
> config = /usr/local/bin/mythpowerbutton.sh
> end
>
> Assigned to my power button, just the same as Jarod's guide, and yet 
> when I press the button, it doesn't shutdown mythfrontend, nor does it 
> restart it if it has crashed. Hence my tring to execute it manually.
>
> On 11/3/05, *Neil Bird* <neil at fnxweb.com <mailto:neil at fnxweb.com>> wrote:
>
>     Around about 03/11/05 12:35, Jon Kunze typed ...
>     > $irexec /usr/local/bin/mythpowerbutton.sh
>     > That is when i get the error on line 2 (or atleast I assume the
>     :2 means
>     > that the error is on line two.
>
>        irxec takes a config. file, not an executable argument (man
>     irexec).
>
>        You want 'irexec --daemon' with the following somewhere in your
>     ~/.lircrc:
>
>     # Power Off/Exit
>     ##begin
>     ##prog = mythtv
>     ##button = OFF
>     ##config = Esc
>     ##end
>     begin
>     prog = irexec
>     button = OFF
>     repeat = 4
>     config = /usr/local/bin/mythpowerbutton.sh
>     end
>
>
>        Ref. http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/tips.php
>

Make sure the button entry is has the same name as your power button as 
detailed in your lirc.conf
My power button is listed as "Power" not "OFF"