Auto Shutdown Batocera after long idle

chrisg

Hello, is there an option to auto shutdown after x hours when no inputs received? IE: joypad, keyboard, etc.

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chrisg No but you can setup a script for this.

chrisg

Cool. Can the procedure be added to the wiki?

VaFank

interesting!!!!!

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A simple approach would just be to set a timer like (sleep 600 && poweroff) & into one statemant. If you start a game then the timer gets killed. If you finish the game the timer will be restartet. It will not react on keyboard inputs (as the TS mentioned) but it’s a kind of shutdown after non usage - there should be better methods available.

gnome73

I would also like this feature to be added - with a free entry value in minutes i.e. 15 mins of no activity

I’ve replaced mi Rpi3 with PC and my kids are just used to switching off the power the Rpi3 but on PC I worry that this is not good and could corrupt the USB key?

ewresident6

So I assume this never got a solution… I think I could write a bash script that monitors when the latest input from a joystick, mouse or keyboard was issued, show a warning message for x seconds after a threshold has been met and if no input is issued perform an auto suspend/shutdown.

What id’s like to get is have this incorporated into the system itself and I think I’d need some help to do that.

Anyone wanting to help?