[mythtv-users] Carbon Footprint

[Daryl McDonald]

On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Karl Dietz
<dekarl at spaetfruehstuecken.org>wrote:

> On 28.08.2013 19:28, Daryl McDonald wrote:
>
>> Greetings Mythizens, In the interest o reducing my carbon footprint I'm
>> looking into the auto-wake/shutdown features, but I need some
>> clarification. From this site:
>> http://ghichepcanhan.com/2013/**05/29/how-to-setup-automatic-**
>> shutdown-and-automatic-wakeup-**with-mythtv/<http://ghichepcanhan.com/2013/05/29/how-to-setup-automatic-shutdown-and-automatic-wakeup-with-mythtv/>
>>
>
>  which makes me think there is no UTC option and I must use rtc, further
>>
>
> If I understand it correctly using UTC or not is a decision that is
> mostly made depending on presence of other (Windows) operating systems
> dual-booting on the same hardware.
> Pro UTC: no hassle with DST etc
> Con UTC: hassle with dual boot
>
> You will be using the Real Time Clock chip with UTC or local time.


I do have dual boot, so I should opt for RTC?

>
>
>  in BIOS I can toggle between S1, S2, S3, and auto, no S4 which is what
>> the terminal says I can wake from. Am I on the right track? Direction
>> and/or pointers greatly appreciated.
>>
>
> I'd try S5, aka normal shutdown to (so called) powered off state,
> instead. The only thing to verify would be if your tuners like
> soft-power off reboots. (usually they do, but I vaguely remember some
> buggy hardware that doesn't like soft reboots)


I don't get the option for S5, just 1,2,3, or auto, and terminal output
says I can wake from S4...more confusion

>
>
>  RTC time was identical to desktop display time in each case.
>>
>
> check that
>  * you can set what should happen after power loss (hint "on", not
>    "off" and not "last state") as you may be regaining power after the
>    alarm time has passed thus never waking up automatically.
>
Did this

>  * your tuners support whichever power saving state you decide on (do
>    they need special fiddling to come back to working state?)
>
Don't know how to do that

>  * MythTV likes whatever state you decide on. hint: full shutdown is
>    known to work well :-)
>
Don't know how to do this either

>
> Regards,
> Karl
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