[mythtv-users] ACPI shutdown not shutting down

[David Watkins]

On 06/07/07, M L Truscott <mltruscott at btinternet.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a combined front/backend which is working reasonably well. I have tried
> to get ACPI shutdown working using the howto at wiki.ubuntu.com.
>
> It all works really well if I run mythbackend from the command line, but if I
> run it as a daemon i.e. when it restarts it never manages to actually
> shutdown.
>
> It is clearly a problem with permissions as the I get the following output:
>
> ¨2007-07-06 06:50:08.122 I'm idle now... shutdown will occur in 5 seconds.
> Password:
> Password:¨
>

are you using sudo to execute the shutfdown script?  That's the only
thing I can think of that would ask you for a password.  If so you can
configure the sudoers file to not require a password.  Sorry I can't
see my box now to give you any more info.