[mythtv-users] wakeup

Sat Sep 15 23:26:54 UTC 2018

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 11:06 PM Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 2:26 PM Nicolas Krzywinski <myth2 at site7even.de>
> wrote:
>
>> 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 The MythTV wiki was quite confusing as there is a lot of outdated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)
>>
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>
>
> It looks like the editing of grub has given me a successful test with
> "autosetwakeup.sh" 2 did not restart, I'll confirm tomorrow when the box
> behaves itself, thanks to all involved!  Daryl
>

Success! It turned on by itself today, all is well. What a releif, with the
new fall season just around the corner.
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