[mythtv-users] ACPI shutdown not shutting down

[M L Truscott]

On Friday 06 July 2007 23:09:49 David Watkins wrote:
> On 06/07/07, M L Truscott <mltruscott at btinternet.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a combined front/backend which is working reasonably well. I have
> > tried to get ACPI shutdown working using the howto at wiki.ubuntu.com.
> >
> > It all works really well if I run mythbackend from the command line, but
> > if I run it as a daemon i.e. when it restarts it never manages to
> > actually shutdown.
> >
> > It is clearly a problem with permissions as the I get the following
> > output:
> >
> > ¨2007-07-06 06:50:08.122 I'm idle now... shutdown will occur in 5
> > seconds. Password:
> > Password:¨
>
> are you using sudo to execute the shutfdown script?  That's the only
> thing I can think of that would ask you for a password.  If so you can
> configure the sudoers file to not require a password.  Sorry I can't
> see my box now to give you any more info.
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Thanks for the reply.

Yes, I am using sudo - I thought that I had done what you suggest.  As I say 
it works okay if running from the command line but not as a daemon; I´d 
better do some research on altering the sudo file...