On 23.12.2009 13:14, Steffen Barszus wrote: > Steffen Barszus schrieb: >> Ian Bates schrieb: >>> >>> There is also a detailed section in the INSTALL document: >>> >> Thanks i have to admit i only checked the manpages. >>> >>> If a timer is currently recording, or a recording would start within the >>> next 30 minutes (default for the "Min. event timeout" setup >>> parameter), and >>> the user insists in shutting down now, the first and second parameter >>> will >>> correspond to a time that is "Min. event timeout" minutes in the future. >>> >>> Before the shutdown program is called, the user will be prompted to >>> inform >>> him that the system is about to shut down. If any remote control key is >>> pressed while this prompt is visible, the shutdown will be cancelled >>> (and >>> tried again later). The shutdown prompt will be displayed for 5 >>> minutes, which >>> should be enough time for the user to react. >>> >> So its really a "feature" - Whats the use case for this - except for >> the surprise ? Should a shutdown script try to "fix" that ? > To answer to myself - there should be at least any sign that the > shutdown skript can differentiate between > real timer 30+ min in the future or if this feature kicked in. This is > not possible at the moment. I would prefer > vdr is not calculating this and just providing the real time of the timer. > > Someone who would have a problem with this ? Klaus, can this be changed ? At some point the shutdown mechanism apparently became "rocket science" and I decided to no longer touch it (especially since I don't even use it myself). You may want to discuss this with Udo Richter <udo_richter@xxxxxx>, because he wrote most of the shutdown handling code. Klaus _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
