[mythtv-users] How to shutdown combined fe/be machine from the front panel switch?

[Fred Squires]

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Richard Shaw <hobbes1069 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 8:22 PM, Patrick Doyle <wpdster at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have mythbuntu (9.10/0.22) running on a combined fe/be machine.
>> Occasionally, I would like to shut the whole thing down.  Typically,
>> I've grabbed the laptop, ssh'ed in, and shut down from the command
>> line.  I've decided that that is getting cumbersome (and is also
>> problematic when I'm not home and I need to figure out how to tell my
>> wife/family how to shut down.
>>
>> So I'd like it if we could shut this down by pressing the power button
>> on the front of the box.
>>
>> Looking at the Settings>Power Management>General menu (the xfce menu,
>> not a MythTV menu), I see 2 options: "Suspend" and "Hibernate" for the
>> "When the power button is pressed" option.  Everything I've read says
>> there should also be a "shut down" option.
>>
>> Did Mythbuntu disable the "shut down" option?
>>
>> Is there some way to turn it back on?
>>
>> Is there some reason I shouldn't turn that option back on?  (Keeping
>> in mind that this is for very occasional use).
>
> Are you tied to XFCE? I've been using LXDE for a while now on my myth
> box (based on Fedora 12)and it is even more lightweight than XFCE. I'd
> have to check when I get home but I think you can configure it to
> shutdown on power button press.
>
> Richard

Here are a few links I found with a google search that might help you:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Shutdown_Pressing_Power_Button
http://wiki.xfce.org/tips#handle_acpi_event_for_power_button_show_xfce_logout_options