[mythtv-users] Carbon Footprint

[Daryl McDonald]

On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Stefan Pappalardo <sjuk at gmx.de> wrote:

>  Hello Daryl,
>
> I did not read the hole thread but I think Michael is right when pointing
> to permissions and sudo will be the solution.
> I'm using mythbuntu 12.04 and had to use sudo: search for sudoers in
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/ACPI_Wakeup
>
> I'm using the mythwelcome-mythshutdown-solution, and had to do several
> configurations.
> (Bios, mythtv-setup, mythwelcome, setwakeup.sh, sudoers, ...)
>
> When you are interested I can give you more details of my setup. Only ask
> what you need.
>
> Stefan Pappalardo
>
> Am 29.08.2013 17:36, schrieb Daryl McDonald:
>

Hey Stefan, I would appreciate it if you would share your Mythtv
 configuration with me, specifically: backend>general>Shutdown/Wakeup
Options & Backend Wakeup Settings. The wiki unclear, for me, on some of
those values. Also, does your BIOS use RTC or UTC?

Daryl

>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Michael <mythtv at blandford.net> wrote:
>
>>   On 08/29/2013 08:27 AM, Daryl McDonald wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Michael <mythtv at blandford.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 08/29/2013 07:59 AM, Daryl McDonald wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Of the three commands the first one gets no complaint, with the second
>>>> attempt I did add the "sudo" preface and still I'm denied:
>>>>
>>>> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ SECS=`date -u --date "2013-08-29 10:50:00" +%s`
>>>> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ sudo echo 0 > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm
>>>> bash: /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm: Permission denied
>>>> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ sudo echo $SECS > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm
>>>> bash: /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm: Permission denied
>>>>
>>>> See! I remain open to suggestions.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>  This is because the echo is running as root, but the redirect is not,
>>> hence the permission denied.  If you want to use sudo you would need to do
>>> something like:
>>>
>>> sudo sh -c 'echo 0 > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm'
>>>
>>> Or just become root and run the command.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
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>>
>  Thanks Michael, It looks like I'm good now:
>
>   daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ cat /proc/driver/rtc
> rtc_time : 11:33:21
> rtc_date : 2013-08-29
> alrm_time : 11:37:32
> alrm_date : 2013-08-29
> alarm_IRQ : no
> alrm_pending : no
> update IRQ enabled : no
> periodic IRQ enabled : no
> periodic IRQ frequency : 1024
> max user IRQ frequency : 64
> 24hr : yes
> periodic_IRQ : no
> update_IRQ : no
> HPET_emulated : yes
> BCD : yes
> DST_enable : no
> periodic_freq : 1024
>  batt_status : okay
> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$
>
>>
>>  My son warned me about becoming root, I am still quite a newbie, and it
>> shows, below is what happened when I tried the first option:
>>
>>   daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ SECS=`date -u --date "2013-08-29 11:45:00" +%s`
>> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ sudo sh -c echo 0 > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm
>> bash: /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm: Permission denied
>> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ sudo sh -c echo $SECS >
>> /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm
>> bash: /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm: Permission denied
>> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$
>>
>>  I'm still looking at bricks, this shouldn't be that complicated, should
>> it?
>>
>>  Daryl
>>
>>
>>
>>  You seem to be missing the ' marks before the echo and at the end of
>> the line.
>>
>> Michael
>>
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>
>  Shutting down now to test
>
>  Thanks to all Daryl
>
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