[mythtv-users] can't set wakealarm

[Daryl McDonald]

On Sat, Aug 11, 2018, 3:43 AM <mythtv-users at gorbag.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 19:56:39 -0700
> Douglas Peale <Douglas_Peale at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > On 08/10/2018 06:59 AM, Peter Bennett wrote:
> >
> > The problem is not systemd. MythTV was working fine with Mint 18
> > through 18.3, and those versions also had systemd.
> >
> > I have finally identified the problem. MythTV does not call
> > setwakeup.sh if it does not find anything to record.
> >
> > This is a problem because if nothing else wakes up the backend
> > system, mythfilldatabase will not be run, and the system will not
> > notice new items in the schedule because it has an out of date
> > schedule.
> >
> > MythTV should schedule a wakeup to run mythfilldatabase when it does
> > not find anything else in its schedule. It should schedule a wakeup
> > for mythfilldatabase anyway if the scheduled event would happen after
> > it runs out of schedule for any channel.
> >
>
> There is a program called mythwelcome that has a setting to allows two
> forced wakeup periods. See https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythwelcome.
> These settings are obeyed even when mythwelcome is not being used. So
> you only need to run mythwelcome to add a wakeup period, there is no
> need to use it in normal use. It would be nice if the forced wakeup
> period settings were added to mythfrontend's shutdown settings or
> perhaps to mythtv-setup.
>
> Steve
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Or, just schedule a news type recording once a week.

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