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by hfl
Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:56 am
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: Green computing?
Replies: 29
Views: 14027

Re: Green computing?

I would like to add that the settings work only once. They are lost on Resume. rc.local seems to be executed only at Startup only. For Resume, the NIC configuration settings would need to be set differently (google ETHTOOLS_OPT="wol ...") but there seems to be a bug in older versions of li...
by hfl
Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:24 pm
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: Green computing?
Replies: 29
Views: 14027

Re: Green computing?

# ethtool eth0 ... Supports wake-on: pumbg Wake-on: g ... because "g" was set I wondered why the heck it was not working? After some time I discovered in the line above "pumbg": p = wake on physical activity u = wake on unicast messages m = wake on multicast messages b = wake on...
by hfl
Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:41 pm
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: Green computing?
Replies: 29
Views: 14027

Re: Green computing?

Thanks. WOL is not quite what I want because I understand it requires this magic packet for waking up. A use case being that a system wakes up a remote server via magic packet, runs a backup, then puts the the remote server back to sleep. I would like that the HDA wakes up if there is a DHCP request...
by hfl
Fri Jan 21, 2011 2:39 pm
Forum: Installation
Topic: Amahi Installer stuck at 75%
Replies: 5
Views: 2705

Works only when it wants ...

Well, things worked for a while but today when I wanted to use MediaWiki: MediaWiki internal error. Exception caught inside exception handler Trying more applications, Galery3 that previously worked now gives: Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was...
by hfl
Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:55 pm
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: Green computing?
Replies: 29
Views: 14027

Problem resolved - thanks.

Sorry, I only can work on my configuration every weekend. And unfortunately more constraints: space. I have to use my HDA as a headless server (no monitor, display, mouse). Therefore I had accessed the server via the command line in Webmin. When troubleshooting today I connected the monitor. Again t...
by hfl
Sat Jan 08, 2011 9:47 am
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: Green computing?
Replies: 29
Views: 14027

Re: Green computing?

Thank you very much for offering help. I will open a new entry under installation issues.
by hfl
Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:50 am
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: Green computing?
Replies: 29
Views: 14027

Closing thoughts ...

I tried your's and various other potential cures but this disk does not spin down. However, continuing troubleshooting under in this "suggestions" forum is the wrong place so I stop here ... Coming back to my initial suggestion, now I think it is even more valid. For some reason the system...
by hfl
Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:31 am
Forum: Installation
Topic: Amahi Installer stuck at 75%
Replies: 5
Views: 2705

Installation observations

RE: "It would be good if you posted accurate details what issues you were having, however!" Hello cpg, I belong to the category of end user with very limited experience in Linux and consequently also limited ability to troubleshoot and therefore of much help. First I installed F12+Fedora i...
by hfl
Mon Jan 03, 2011 3:33 pm
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: Green computing?
Replies: 29
Views: 14027

Re: Green computing?

Thank you very much. I will try it (again with hdparm). Is 1 minute not very short, i.e. does the hdd not start and stop all the time? Assuming the unit is "5 seconds" then S240 equals to 20 minutes ... For my information: What mechanism invokes this script, and who inputs the parameter? A...
by hfl
Mon Jan 03, 2011 2:24 pm
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: Green computing?
Replies: 29
Views: 14027

Appreciate your help to make this work (spin down idle HDD)

Configuration: SAMSUNG HD154UI /dev/sda ;boot disk and some shares WDC WD10EADS-00L5B1 /dev/sdb ;more shares - not yet set up Both disks are SATA in case it matters. First, I like to start by spinning down any idle disk - for "saving" power but also to reduce unecessary temperature/noise (...