[mythtv-users] wakeup

Fri Sep 14 18:24:19 UTC 2018

Am 14.09.2018 um 19:51 schrieb Bill Meek:
> On 09/14/2018 11:00 AM, Daryl McDonald wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 9:58 AM Mike Bibbings <mike.bibbings at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/09/18 23:54, Daryl McDonald wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 2:03 PM Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 10:53 AM Nicolas Krzywinski <myth2 at site7even.de>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Am 12.09.2018 um 13:52 schrieb Daryl McDonald:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 3:32 AM jksj <jksjdevelop at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 12/09/18 00:53, Daryl McDonald wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have the same set up in 18.04 as I did in 16.04 but my box doesn't
>>>>>> wake up in time, once it came on two hours late, since then I've pushed the
>>>>>> button myself. Is there a time setting I'm missing somewhere? TIA  Daryl
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> Mine wakes on time to record programs, the same as in 16.04 but I think
>>>>>> it does not do this for the daily wake up time set in Mythwelcome. Could
>>>>>> that be your issue?
>>>>>> No, I don't use Mythwelcome, but thanks for the reply, I'll go over my
>>>>>> setup again, I must have missed something. Curious that the wakeup_test.sh,
>>>>>> thanks Bill, restarts 16.04 and not 18.04 when the report from (bad syntax
>>>>>> from memory) proc driver rtc is identical from both distros.
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>>>>> Hey Daryl,
>>>>>
>>>>> recently I set up a new MythTV system (see signature) and there I
>>>>> switched to the new method of using only:
>>>>>      /usr/sbin/rtcwake --date "<datestring>" --mode no
>>>>> to set the wakeup time.
>>>>>
>>>>> This works fine for my system.
>>>>>
>>>>> The MythTV wiki was quite confusing as there is a lot of outdated and
>>>>> ambigous information, but you can find the above mentioned call as well, if
>>>>> you search for it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Btw., I made a small script to also update the LCD display with the next
>>>>> scheduled automatic wakeup time:
>>>>>
>>>>> me at mysystem:~$ cat /usr/sbin/wakewrapper.sh
>>>>> #!/bin/bash
>>>>> # Sets RTC wake time and inserts the time into LCDd.conf for letting the
>>>>> display inform about the next wakeup time when the system is off
>>>>>
>>>>> if [ -z "$1" ]
>>>>>      then
>>>>>          echo "Usage $0 <time>"
>>>>>          exit 1
>>>>> fi
>>>>>
>>>>> # set wake time
>>>>> wakestring=`/usr/sbin/rtcwake --date "$1" --mode no`
>>>>>
>>>>> # grab the confirmed wake time
>>>>> wakestring=`rtcwake --mode show | grep Alarm`
>>>>>
>>>>> # extract only time of confirmation output
>>>>> waketime=${wakestring:15:16}
>>>>>
>>>>> # convert utc time string to local time
>>>>> waketime=`date --date="$waketime +0000" +"%d. %b %T"`
>>>>>
>>>>> # update LCDd.conf with wake time
>>>>> sed -i -e "s/GoodBye = \"[^H].*/GoodBye = \"$waketime\"/g" /etc/LCDd.conf
>>>>>
>>>>> # reload LCDd to let it use the new config
>>>>> systemctl reload-or-restart LCDd.service
>>>>>
>>>>> The sed command to update the LCDd.conf has to be adapted to the target
>>>>> environment. It needs to filter out the second GoodBye line, that should
>>>>> not be overwritten. Mine begins with "H", therefore the regex skips every
>>>>> GoodBye lines that have a value beginning with "H".
>>>>>
>>>>> Have fun!
>>>>> Nicolas
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Nicolas
>>>>>
>>>>> MythTV Version : v29.1-22-g675676b
>>>>> Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (4.15.0-23-generic)
>>>>> Digital Devices GmbH Octopus DVB Adapter via ddbridge kernel module
>>>>> 15c2:0036 SoundGraph Inc. LC16M VFD Display/IR Receiver (imon) via ir-keytable
>>>>> VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 3e91 (Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-8100T)
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Nicolas, I've just changed the BE setting from "$time" to "-mode
>>>> no" That part of the wiki was confusing for me too until now. I'll report
>>>> the results here later this evening.
>>>>
>>>
>>> The box didn't wake on its own, and it looks like the change to "-mode no"
>>> is a step backward, from /var/log/mythtv/hwclock-rebootTime I see no new
>>> writes:
>>> Current Time      ->Tue Sep 11 23:21:32 EDT 2018
>>> Shutting down for ->13hrs:27Mins
>>> Wake up at approx.->Wed Sep 12 17:49:00 EDT 2018
>>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>> Current Time      ->Wed Sep 12 09:51:20 EDT 2018
>>> Shutting down for ->02hrs:57Mins
>>> Wake up at approx.->Wed Sep 12 17:49:00 EDT 2018
>>> and if the math can be taken literally, this looks faulty with the "$time"
>>> setting.  Ideas and suggestions welcome.
>>>
>>>
>>> Your original post indicates failure to powerup at the appropriate time.
>>>
>>> Attached is the script autowakeuptest.sh I use to test wakeup on xubuntu
>>> systems (16.04 and up), it saves copy and paste from the Mythtv ACPI wiki
>>> page.
>>> Just make it executable (chmod +x) and run it. If it does not powerup in 5
>>> minutes that problem needs to be fixed.
>>>
>>> I have also attached an alternative script (autowakeuptest2.sh) which uses
>>> rtcwake instead.
>>>
>>> If you want to use rtcwake with mythtv you need to modify script in
>>> /usr/bin/setwakeup.sh as follows:
>>> replace lines
>>> echo 0 > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm      #this clears your alarm.
>>> echo $1 > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm     #this writes your alarm
>>>
>>> with one line
>>> sudo /usr/sbin/rtcwake --mode no -t $1
>>>
>>>
>>> Note: "--mode no" not "-mode no" (the Mythtv ACPI wiki has a missing -
>>> character in the example /usr/sbin/rtcwake -mode no)
>>>
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
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>> Thanks Mike, I'm still struggling with this, I downloaded both scripts,
>> chmod'd them. I tested each and both shutdown but neither restarted after
>> five minutes. This was all done without any modifications to the BE setup,
>> where do we go from here?
>
> 1. The Wiki has been fixed (--mode) thanks Mike.
>
> 2. This is the line from my script:
>
>     rtcwake --mode no --time ${NEW_TIME} --utc
>
> Where $NEW_TIME is the value from: WakeupTimeFormat of time_t
> or something like: NEW_TIME=$((`date +'%s'` + 60)) for testing.
>
Apropos utc, did you checked that the bios time is in UTC?
Also, have you checked with "rtcwake --mode show" that the time was set correctly?

-- 
Nicolas

MythTV Version : v29.1-22-g675676b
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (4.15.0-23-generic)
Digital Devices GmbH Octopus DVB Adapter via ddbridge kernel module
15c2:0036 SoundGraph Inc. LC16M VFD Display/IR Receiver (imon) via ir-keytable
VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 3e91 (Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-8100T)