[vdr] Re: Automatic Shutdown while logged in

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Thomas Mohr wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> after producing a coaster while being remotely logged into my VDR
> machine i feel motivated to describe the (little) problem:
> 
> VDR is switched on, and i am logged in with telnet and NFS from my other
> computer. vdr is started using the -s option. There is no easy
> possibility to access the remote control (different floor). Of course,
> vdr shuts down after Setup.MinUserInactivity minutes, which is,
> according to Murphy's law, in the middle of a CD burning activity.
> 
> What would be needed is a protection against shutdown while being logged
> into vdr.
> 
> Solutions:
> 
>  o SVDRP is also used for LastActivity.
>    Currently the svdrp.c code takes a timestamp to decide
>    when the port has a timeout, but does not update the
>    LastActivity from vdr.c

Ok, sounds like a reasonable idea to reset the timeout when there
is SVDRP activity.

>    For this solution, it is necessary to periodically restart the
>    SVDRP session from the main computer.
> 
>  o Before shutting down, vdr checks if there is someone logged in, e.g.
>    by doing "who". If there is someone logged in, the LastActivity is
>    reset.
> 
>    This would be the preferred solution, as one can be logged in
>    indefinitely, thus preventing shutdown. After logout, the usual
>    Setup.MinUserInactivity handling shuts the VDR down.
> 
> What do you think ?
> 
>  - Thomas

Your shutdown script could do this and simply not shut down.
It will be called again later.

Klaus
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