[mythtv-users] Firewire conn. reboots machine instead of powering off
Sam Logen
starz909 at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 11 07:19:49 UTC 2008
Hi! I'm having a curious problem with my setup. When my mythtv machine is connected via 400mbps firewire to a Motorola DCH3200 cable box, and I issue 'poweroff', or whenever mythtv tries to power off the machine, the system reboots instead. I tested this by unplugging the firewire cable from the cable box and powering down - the machine powers off successfully. If I leave the firewire cable plugged in, then the machine reboots instead.
Oddly, during the erroneous reboot I lose the image from my HDTV. My setup is connected via nvidia 7200 gt to an HDTV via component cables. When the reboot occurs, I don't even see a bios post message. But I know the machine rebooted because I can ssh into the machine. Plus, there are no warnings or errors in my log files.
I'm connecting the cable box firewire to my on-board firewire plug of the ABIT AN-M2 nview motherboard.
I also posted this problem in the Gentoo forums in case it was a Gentoo problem. For that post and further information about my setup, see here:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-703678-highlight-.html
Thanks in advance! This problem is really ruining my recording capabilities, as the machine can no longer shut off when it's done recording.
Sam
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