[mythtv-users] Exitting Frontends

[Nick Morrott]

On 07/01/2008, myth at pbj-design.dk <myth at pbj-design.dk> wrote:
> Hey Group.
>
> I build my Myth upon ArchLinux. a Under the stairs solutiuon.
>
> When I want to exit the frontend in the livingroom -  I press the ESC and
> got the question:
> Are you sure you waqnt to quit:
> No
> Yes
> yes and shutdown.
>
> When I press yes and shutdown, The frontend closes but the PC stays on??
> Is there a script here that I can add some extra lines to - so that I'm
> sure it'll shutdown?.
> I've looked at /usr/bin/mythshutdown but that's a binaery file - so that's
> not a chance.
> Since I have all Tunercards in the Backend - I don't have a need for
> WakeOnLan so that is the question if that have something to do with it??

Almost certainly a permissions issue - you probably want to add
permission for the mythfrontend user to use the shutdown/poweroff
commands in your /etc/sudoers file.

If you run mythfrontend as root, does the machine shutdown properly?

-- 
Nick Morrott

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