Shutdown not working
#1
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Hi,

i installed XBMC via the XBMC Live cd on my Asrock 330 HT.

Everything worked as desired.

Since yesterday i have a problem: Normally, when i pressed the ON/OFF button on the remote or when i chose "shutdown" from the xbmc menu it is not working. It closes xbmc and presents me a console login.
Login via sshd and the manually shutting down the system works.

Any ideas where to start ?
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#2
I had the same sort of problem, only i was using a minimal install of ubuntu rather than live. I couldn't figure this out, but came up with so i could turn it off until a better solution could be found.

just install irexec and have it start up on boot and then
make a file called ~/.lirc/irexec and put the following in it:

Code:
#shutdown
begin
remote = YOUR_LIRC_REMOTE_NAME
prog = irexec
button = WHAT_EVER_BUTTON_0
config = sudo /sbin/shutdown -P now
end

#reboot
begin
remote = YOUR_LIRC_REMOTE_NAME
prog = irexec
button = WHAT_EVER_BUTTON_8
config = sudo /sbin/reboot
end

make sure to change the remote and button names to your specific remote.

then you add:

Code:
include ~/.lirc/irexec

to a file called ~/.lircrc

reboot the computer
and you should be able to shutdown and reboot.

i would also make sure that you use buttons that dont have anything assigned to them in xbmc, just in case.

Hope this helps,
D
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#3
Thnx, i will try that.

But what i do not understand: It worked before! So normally there should be no need to install new things.
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#4
it was the same case for me, was working before, then did a new install and it stopped working.
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