[mythtv-users] Kill frontend when TV is turned off.

[Iain Buchanan]

On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 06:46 -0500, Ronald Frazier wrote:

> Your TV doesn't have a serial port, does it? My Sharp Aquos does, and
> it's relatively simple to write a script to check it's power status.
> Other than that, the only thing I can think of is to see if maybe
> something gets written in the X log about it (it doesn't on my system,
> but perhaps if logging level was higher or something).

My Samsung has a serial "service" port, but I can't find any information
about it in the manual or online.  Where did you get your details from -
or was it documented in the manual already?

thanks,
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