[mythtv-users] Powering Off Unused Frontends

[Ma Begaj]

2009/3/31  <andy.nunez at comcast.net>:
>
> I run Mythbuntu 8.04 with one backend and 5 diskless frontends. I want to
> automagically power off the frontends when they aren't being used and power
> them back on with the (Windows Media Center - New Version) remote. I have
> searched at length and can't find any way to do this. There is a lot of
> material about powering off/ on the backend based on scheduled recordings
> but not about just the frontends. I also notice that the ASPI power settings
> in XFCE don't recoginze the use of  Myth as activity so the settings have to
> be disabled or the screen blanks during playback.
>
>

xscreensaver has an ability to run a command when the screensaver is
being turned on or locked. you can use that feature to turn your
frontend off.