[mythtv-users] Zotac Ion 1 Won't Shut Down

[Michael Watson]

On 22/09/2013 8:58 AM, Mark Perkins wrote:
> On 22/09/2013, at 8:18 AM, "Mark Pennock" <markitman2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the info. How do you start a the front end when I can't stop the current one. This is because it starts automatically and when you exit the front end it just restarts.
>>
> [Mark] yes, that can be fun. I think I turnoff 'automatically start front end on startup' in the Mythbuntu-control-center then reboot and then do the testing. Just remember to re-enable and reboot it when your done. There is probably a 'proper' way to do it but I don't know what it is.
>

Open a terminal, and use *"kill mythfrontend; kill mythfrontend.real"*
On Ubuntu, the "mythfrontend.real" is the actual mythfrontend binary, 
and "mythfrontend" is Mythbuntu's script that runs Mythfrontend whilst 
doing some other "fancy" stuff.