> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mythtv-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Josh Burks > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 3:25 PM > To: Discussion about mythtv > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend configuration - where is it > stored? > > On 7/20/05, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > > What disappoints me about this answer is that I want to ship two > > new frontend machines to my parents. Up until this little roadblock > > all I needed to edit in their config to put the machines on their > > network is the info in the .mythtv/mysql.txt file to point to their > > backend server and the machines should come up and see the backend. > > This will allow them to watch programs and use the machine, but they > > won't be able to shut the machines off as they won't have access to > > this one command. Since these machines have no keyboards, they cannot > > type in the command themselves. Fixing this means getting remote > > access to their network through ssh, which I have, so it can be fixed. > > (I think....but it may be a bit difficult...) > <snip> > > I may be speaking out my butt here, but I believe you can use APM and > configure it to catch the power button signals. By doing this they > could press the power button on the case, and APM would gracefully > shutdown the box. > > Josh > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
I assume they will have remotes with which to change the channels(since they have no keyboards.) Configure the power button on the remote to shut down the system.
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