[mythtv-users] Annoying shutdown problem

[David Cunningham]

On 05/09/16 16:42, Stephen Worthington wrote:

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> If Stretch is using systemd, then you may have the same problem
> someone I was helping had happen to them in Mythbuntu 16.04.  Systemd
> replaces all the power and shutdown commands with links to systemctl.
> So in Mythbuntu 16.04, for example, /sbin/poweroff is a link to
> /bin/systemctl.  And for some reason, those links did not work
> properly from MythTV, although they work fine from a command line. But
> when the links were replaced with the correct systemctl command in the
> MythTV settings, they worked properly.  So replacing the "poweroff"
> command or whatever you are using in your lirc config with what it
> aliases to, "systemctl poweroff", may work.
>
Actually shutting down via the exit + shutdown option when quitting the 
frontend works correctly when configured as you describe, though still 
the irexec command called via lirc fails as described when configured 
the same way...