[vdr] AW: Re: AW: VDR shutdown problem

[Joerg Riechardt <J.Riechardt@gmx.de>]

Martin Geistreiter wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Martin Geistreiter (MG) wrote:
> >
> > MG> > > Any ideas?
> > MG> > > BTW: sometimes VDR shuts down sometimes not...
> > MG> >
> > MG> > > Regards,
> > MG> > > Andreas
> > MG>
> > MG> > I  have similar problem, like reported in my mail " vdr
> occasionally
> > MG> > doesn't shut down" from 20.07.02
> > MG>
> > MG> > Jörg
> > MG>
> > MG> So do I.
> > MG> I also recognized that this happens if you press the shutdown
> button. If
> > MG> you press again it works; mostly. But the Timers for nvram-wakrup
> are
> > MG> not written then.
> >
> > if  you're  both  using  nvram-wakeup,  you should look at your logs,
> what
> > nvram-wakeup tells you. it can happen for example, that if the system
> time
> > is  changed  by  vdr according to the time transmitted via EPG, the
> system
> > time  differs  by  more than 5 minutes from the hardware clock (of
> course,
> > after taking time zone ito account). In that case nvram-wakeup will
> refuse
> > to set timers.
> >
> > if that's the case, you should
> >  1. ensure that your hardware clock is running correct time
> >  2. choose one transponder, which you trust about time and set it
> >     soemwhere in the setup
> >
> > btw.:  use  -l  option, if you want nvram-wakeup to redirect all
> output to
> > /var/log/messages
> >
> > c ya
> >         Sergei
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>
> >the problem is that nvram-wakeup is not called by vdr, something goes
> wrong >in
> >vdr and the part of the loop where the check for shutdown is made, is
> not
> >entered
> >Jörg
>  if nvram-wakeup is not called, you might have forgotten to set the -s
> option of the runvdr script to the vdrshutdown script (sample with
> nvram-wakeup) fe:  -s /usr/local/bin/vdrshutdown
>
> Martin

as I wrote: most often it works, but sometimes not ...
Jörg