F-16 suspends my *desktop* after 30 minutes at the gdm , making it impossible to ssh in

[Martin Langhoff]

On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Hans de Goede <hdegoede at redhat.com> wrote:
> The subject more or less says it all. When I startup my desktop machine (which thus
> is always on AC), and leave it at the gdm screen it will suspend after being left
> alone for 30 minutes. This is not good, since I only leave it powered on when I
> intend to access it remotely.

If it supports LAN-triggered wakeups, I don't see why it should be fully on :-)

Not sure if Fedora 16 has the infra, but in my OLPC-tinted-glasses
view, power mgmt / NM should allow you to say "wake-on-LAN on this
interface", then set the WOL bits when it's going down.

(Note! The WOL bits need to be frobbed every time the system goes to
sleep. They get cleared on wakeup.)

> I would like to suggest to change the default power policy to never suspend
> while on AC power

Thanks for helping keep the Earth warm! :-/

> Another reason for this is that suspend simply does not work

OK, that's a whole another topic.

> suspending desktop
> machines by default seems like a bad idea.

That's such a 90's thinking :-)

At this stage, and looking forward, suspending on idle is a good idea
on /servers/, where you save power at the server and at the AC.

There is work to do across the stack to make S/R work smoothly and
transparently. OLPC is doing much of it -- help us getting it into
mainstream code (and thinking!).

Or join the greenpeace in teaching polar bears about the wonders of
tropical climates...

cheers,


m
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