[mythtv-users] Mythwelcome always starts the frontend
Roy Lofthouse
lofty69 at gmail.com
Thu Oct 8 09:51:29 UTC 2009
2009/10/7 <voidtrance at comcast.net>:
> 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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my WakeupTimeFormat is yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm but I'm using acpi (looks
like you're using nvramwakeup)
SetWakeuptime is mythshutdown --setwakeup $time
I used to use nvramwakeup and used this guide to configure both that and acpi..
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythwelcome
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