[mythtv-users] Mythwelcome always starts the frontend

Wed Oct 7 20:51:27 UTC 2009

Unfortunately, I am not at home to get the settings from the backend but I can get the 
database entries: 

| idleTimeoutSecs | 600 | 
| idleWaitForRecordingTime | 20 | 
| StartupSecsBeforeRecording | 300 | 
| WakeupTimeFormat | time_t | 
| SetWakeuptimeCommand | /usr/local/bin/nvram-wakeup -C /etc/nvram-wakeup.conf -w 0 -l -s $time | 
| ServerHaltCommand | /usr/local/bin/mythtv_shutdown | 
| preSDWUCheckCommand | mythshutdown -v all --check | 

Below are the database entries for mythwelcome: 

| MythShutdownNvramCmd | /usr/local/bin/nvram-wakeup -C /etc/nvram-wakeup.conf -l -w 0 -s $time | 
| MythShutdownWakeupTimeFmt | time_t | 
| MythShutdownNvramRestartCmd | /usr/local/bin/grub-set-reboot | 
| MythShutdownReboot | /sbin/reboot | 
| MythShutdownPowerOff | /sbin/poweroff | 
| MythShutdownXTermCmd | gnome-terminal | 
| MythWelcomeStartFECmd | /usr/bin/mythfrontend | 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roy Lofthouse" <lofty69 at gmail.com> 
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 1:18:00 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Mythwelcome always starts the frontend 

2009/10/7 <voidtrance at comcast.net>: 
> It looks like mythshutdown thinks that the box was started manually: 
> 
> 2009-10-07 12:05:04.477 Using runtime prefix = /usr 
> 2009-10-07 12:05:04.477 Empty LocalHostName. 
> 2009-10-07 12:05:04.477 Using localhost value of mythtv.voidtrance.net 
> 2009-10-07 12:05:04.478 MCP::DefaultUPnP() - No default UPnP backend 
> 2009-10-07 12:05:04.490 New DB connection, total: 1 
> 2009-10-07 12:05:04.496 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost 
> 2009-10-07 12:05:04.497 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0' 
> 2009-10-07 12:05:04.497 Clearing Settings Cache. 
> 2009-10-07 12:05:04.497 Enabling Settings Cache. 
> 2009-10-07 12:05:04.497 Clearing Settings Cache. 
> 2009-10-07 12:05:04.497 Mythshutdown: --startup 
> 2009-10-07 12:05:04.497 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost 
> 2009-10-07 12:05:04.498 MSqlQuery: SELECT data FROM settings WHERE value = 
> 'MythshutdownWakeupTime' AND hostname IS NULL; 
> 2009-10-07 12:05:04.499 looks like we were started manually1 
> 2009-10-07 12:05:04.499 Mythshutdown: --startup returned: 1 
> 
> It looks like mythshutdown (or the backend) never actually insert any values 
> in the MythshutdownWakeupTime row in 
> the settings table. 
> I thought I had configured my backend and mythwelcome correctly for the 
> autoshutdown and wakeup (and it sees so 
> because it does wakeup when it should) but something must be wrong. 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Roy Lofthouse" <lofty69 at gmail.com> 
> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org> 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 12:02:07 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Mythwelcome always starts the frontend 
> 
> 2009/10/7 <voidtrance at comcast.net>: 
>> Yes, it is. However, according to the little help text that shows up when 
>> the option is highlighted, 
>> mythwelcome should only start the frontend if it determines that the 
>> machine 
>> was started manually 
>> (and not because there is a recording about to start). 
>> The problem is that it always thinks that it has been started manually. 
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Roy Lofthouse" <lofty69 at gmail.com> 
>> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org> 
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 10:44:35 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Mythwelcome always starts the frontend 
>> 
>> 2009/10/7 <voidtrance at comcast.net>: 
>>> I have noticed that no matter whether my myth box has been started 
>>> manually 
>>> or automatically, mythwelcome 
>>> always starts the frontend. Of course, this prevents the autoshutdown 
>>> from 
>>> executing once the recording is done 
>>> so I am hoping that someone can help me solve my problem. 
>>> 
>>> I have configured my backend to not wait for a connection before 
>>> autoshutdown because I want it to be able to 
>>> wake-up in the middle of the night (for example), record my show, and 
>>> then 
>>> shutdown again. I have also configured 
>>> mythwelcome to start the frontend automatically when it determines that 
>>> the 
>>> machine has not been woken up 
>>> for a recording. 
>>> Unfortunately, mythwelcome always thinks that the machine has been 
>>> manually 
>>> started. 
>>> 
>>> Is there any advice that anyone can give me? Thank you. 
>>> 
>>> -- Mitko 
>>> 
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>> 
>> There's an option in mythfrontend settings (Menu or Info button) to 
>> auto start frontend.. is that checked? 
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> 
> sorry you did say that in your original post.. 
> 
> never noticed the text before.. I have mine unchecked on my server, 
> try unchecking it and then running mythshutdown -p -v all on your 
> client and see what value it is returning (never actually ran this on 
> a frontend only so not sure if it will work).. 
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Sounds odd, can you post the settings from your backend and 
mythwelcome and I'll compare it with mine. 
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