[mythtv-users] Suspend/Resume from keyboard

[Allan Stirling]

Nick Morrott wrote:
> On 05/02/2009, Oliver Maunder <mail at olivermaunder.co.uk> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>>  I'm sure this has been answered many times before, but my google
>>  skills are failing me.
>>
>>  I want to setup my frontend to suspend and resume on a keypress. I've
>>  got an IR receiver that acts as a keyboard, so I want to use one of
>>  the remote buttons as a power button. Can anyone give me ideas on how
>>  to do this?
> 
> man irxevent
> 
> You can bind arbitrary key combinations to a button and send them to
> any X window.
> 
> Nick
> 
However, the wakeup is generally done in hardware. Look in 
your BIOS to see if you can configure a hotkey.

Cheers,

Allan.