Can you stanby without shutting down MP? (2 Viewers)

[spoco2]

I know that, but as you said it keeps going back to sleep when it turns on, so how do you make the computer turn on and stay on?

Sam

That's just it, I can't if I've shut it down with Media Portal, I have to hit the restart button on the pc straight after it starts powering up so I can make it get out of the little cycle it gets stuck in. Then it reboots back into Media Portal and all is fine as long as I don't use Media Portal to put the machine to sleep.

 

[samuel337]

Does it standby properly when MP is not running?

Sam

 

[spoco2]

Does it standby properly when MP is not running?

Sam

Yup, and it also goes into standby no problem when it is running too. As long as I don't use Media portal to put it into standby. If Media Portal is running, and I use the Power button on the PC (I've set it to put it into standby, not power off), then it works fine, and comes back up with Media portal running and all is good.

It's purely when I use the MP shutdown menu to do it, then it all goes screwy.

 

[NLS]

Can you check again, but first switch your power button to "on off" instead of sleep in bios?

Just to be sure.

 

[infinite.loop]

do you have the MediaPortal powerscheduler plugin enabled?
if yes which settings do you use.

if not enable the powerscheduler plugin with default settings and let the powerscheduler plugin hibernate your pc.
wake it up and see if it hibernates again right after resume.

 

[spoco2]

Can you check again, but first switch your power button to "on off" instead of sleep in bios?

Just to be sure.

It's a windows setting, not BIOS, but I might try that, although I can't see that as being the problem as everything else works fine, just this version of MP.

 

[spoco2]

do you have the MediaPortal powerscheduler plugin enabled?
if yes which settings do you use.

if not enable the powerscheduler plugin with default settings and let the powerscheduler plugin hibernate your pc.
wake it up and see if it hibernates again right after resume.

Well, I did have, with the previous version (RC2) and I just installed this one over the top of that version (after taking a backup of the directory), and now in the config area, in the plugins, I don't see it listed either enabled or disabled.

Should I download a new version of powerschedular?

 

[infinite.loop]

Well, I did have, with the previous version (RC2) and I just installed this one over the top of that version

you have installed RC4 over RC2?

that could lead to weird issues.

please do:

1.run windows-update until all updates are installed
2.make sure you have the latest drivers installed for your hardware
3.rename you MediaPortal folder to MediaPortalold (thats your backup now)
4.uninstall MediaPortal
5.restart Windows
6.install MediaPortal RC4 (do not configure it!)
7.download and apply latest SVN-snapshot
8.run start.bat in MediaPortal folder
9.restart the PC
10.start MediaPortal setup -> Wizard will be started
11.start MediaPortal setup -> configuration will be started (enable powerscheduler plugin)
12. use MediaPortal

 

[infinite.loop]

Should I download a new version of powerschedular?

the latest version is always included in the SVN-snapshots.

Note:
all plugins that are available for download at www.team-mediaportal.com are 3rd party and NOT done by the Team MediaPortal.

 

[spoco2]

OK, so I did everything you've suggested bar getting the latest SVN snapshot (Am currently throttled with my ISP for a bit, so it'd take ages to download).

Initially it seemed to work, I tried it a couple of times and it went into standby fine, and when I powered up the computer again it was all there and working fine.

Now... not so much. In the interim I had set the skin to my usual one which is a version of Blue 2 from RC2 which all I've done is changed the background. Since using that it's started doing the whole 'startup then shutdown immediately thing again', even when I switch back to normal blue 2 skin.

Any ideas from anyone?