[mythtv-users] mythbackend service not reliably closing via script

[tim draper]

after a bit more testing the issue seems quite specific to the root user and
the mythtv service command.

i'm able to run the scripts fine when logged in via SSH (initial pm-suspend
like mythtv-backend does), but it does actually shutdown.
if i leave mythtv-backend to it's own devices, then it will freeze when
executing the 'sudo service mythtv-backend stop' from either a sleep.d
script, or a script called from sleep.d.

can anyone shed any light on this, i'm really stuck!
thanks
Tim



On 2 April 2011 12:25, tim draper <veehexx at gmail.com> wrote:

> due to my hardware, i am unable to simply issue a standard 'pm-suspend'
> command to my mythtv pc - specifically my tv card drivers have issues with
> suspending so i have to unload the tv card drivers to ensure livetv works
> correctly on resume.
>
> my solution is to close mythtv-backend service, modprobe -r the tv card
> drivers, and then suspend. upon resume i then modprobe the drivers and
> restart mythbackend.
>
> the problem is that when mythbackend initials the halt command (sudo
> /usr/sbin/pm-suspend), then it will hang the script once the service stops
> and wont allow the pc to continue suspending. issuing pm-suspend runs fine
> when running via SSH.
>
> i'm attempting to stop the mythbackend service via 'sudo service
> mythtv-backend stop'. according to the log i'm writing the script output to,
> the service stops. however once the 'sudo service' command completes, the
> script appears to freeze and wont continue the remaining of the script.
>
> any ideas, or anyone found an alternative solution to closing
> mythtv-backend via script?
>
> thanks for any help - i'm really stuck on this one.
>
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