[mythtvnz] Problems with backend and mythweb after upgrading to Ubuntu 15.04

Chris Bannister cbannister at slingshot.co.nz
Sat Oct 31 05:37:19 GMT 2015


On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 03:14:43PM +1300, Stephen Worthington wrote:
> 
> Personally, I have 4 PCs 24x7 at my place (my MythTV box, my mother's
> MythTV box, my old OS/2 server box, and my Windows box).  But the
> power bill would be scary if I was having to pay it ($340 for
> October).

Ouch! Are you saying the bill would be way less if you didn't have those
computers running? For example, I have two laptops on all the time, and
recently just turned off an old 586 compacq which was acting as a
database server, and I'd estimate that my highest bill would be
somewhere in the vicinity of $112.

OK, I don't run any mythtv stuff (gotta get around to that one day.) but
I'd be surprised if it was *that* much of a power hog. I'd definitely be
looking elsewhere to see what is using so much power.

One laptop I've got running 24x7 is only job is doing folding at home,
and the fan is running full on at least every minute or so for a few
seconds. I must get one of those thingamajigs which you put between the
device and the plug, and tells you the power usage. 

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