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Ozdemon · Joined: 10 Jun 2009 Posts: 64

I have just installed R6 (after giving up on Mythbuntu) and am stumped over some basic things.

I don't know how to shutdown Embarassed

"sudo shutdown -h now" doesn't work. I cant see any gui method of shutting down.

I would also love to drop fluxbox and install xfce or gnome, but I am not sure if I need to remove fluxbox first, and if so would that cause any dependency problems?

nmcaullay · Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 252 Location: Perth, Australia

Pushin "M" on the Myth screens gives a series of options, which includes shutdown.

As for the other stuff, someone who is far smarter than I will be here shortly... Smile

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tophee · Joined: 13 Sep 2005 Posts: 724 Location: London, UK

If I were you, I'd not go with shutting down Myth manually, rather I'd think about setting up MythWelcome, then all you need to do is exit the frontend and your Mythbox will shut itself down and turn itself back on again to record you next show.

I looked into setting this up recently - as it didn't work out of the box with the latest R release.
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Ozdemon · Joined: 10 Jun 2009 Posts: 64

Thanks for the replies. I wouldn't have guessed the command was M, but it definitely works Smile

It's still too early for me to start recording, but I will look into the suggested alt way of closing down.

Ta

Ozdemon

nmcaullay · Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 252 Location: Perth, Australia

I use mythwelcome to startup/shutdown, and it works great in R6. I did a custom script (pilfered from someone better skilled than I), but there are links to flyspray tickets for the proper KM supported mythwelcome shutdown scripts.

Search the forums for R6 and mythwelcome and flyspray, you should find the thread i'm on about..

Cheers,

Nathan
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Display: Benq xx projector

graysky · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Posts: 1754 Location: /dev/null

You should be able to halt the R6 box by doing either:

1) sudo halt
2) sudo shutdown -h -t now

As to ditching fluxbox, I don't think you can without dep problems.
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Ozdemon · Joined: 10 Jun 2009 Posts: 64

graysky · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Posts: 1754 Location: /dev/null

tophee · Joined: 13 Sep 2005 Posts: 724 Location: London, UK

Asking the obvious question... why do you want to drop fluxbox? Are you trying to get Mythback to being a fully functioning distro? Personally I wouldn't do this, unless you're limited to just one computer. Linhes and previous Knoppmyths are designed to be appliances and not a 'PC'. As Graysky says, you'll most likely break something irrevocable if you start changing the environment.
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