[mythtv-users] mythwelcome (the it won't shutdown problem)

[stinga at wolf-rock.com]

On 06/05/12 10:19:24, Michael Watson wrote:
> On 5/05/2012 4:35 AM, stinga at wolf-rock.com wrote:
>> G'day all,
>> 
>> I have the 'it won't countdown' problem.
>> 
>> I see lots of stuff when googling but I have not managed to resolve  
>> the issue.
>> 
>> I have a FE/BE only machine.
>> mythwelcome runs and will start mythfrontend.
>> 
>> When I exit FE I get the 'myth is idle' message but no countdown.
>> Nothing else is connected, but how would I check to make sure?
>> 
>> At a bit of a loss really to work out what might be happening.
>>
> 
> Check that you have configured a command for "Command to shutdown" in  
> MythWelcome settings (Press F11 whilst in MythWelcome).  Something  
> like "sudo shutdown -h now" should do.  Then ensure that the user  
> running MythTV has the access to run "sudo shutdown -h now" without  
> password prompt, something like the following in /etc/sudoers should  
> do the trick.
> 
> %mythtv ALL = NOPASSWD: /sbin/shutdown
>

Yes I have a shutdown command and I can execute it from mythtv user.

Should I see a count down message?
Is there anything else I can look at to see what might be happening.

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