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On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 12:04:43AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote |
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> How long do desktop users typically leave their systems between reboots ? |
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> How long between power off/on's ? |
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> I've long been in the habit of switching everything off while I sleep, |
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> then restarting after I've woken & got going again myself. However |
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> recently, I've run into delays getting my router (only 1 device |
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> attached) to shake hands successfully with my ISP's server, which have |
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> been requiring several power off/on's before it works. |
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I'm on Teksavvy, and I run into that on occasion. |
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> As a result, I've started rebooting only after my weekly system update |
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> -- it means I get to use the new versions of everything -- & not |
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> powering off at all ; the monitor + Xscreensaver are off whenever I'm |
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> away from the machine for >= 1 hr (approx). |
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> Are there any pro's/con's I sb aware of ? |
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[d531][waltdnes][~] uptime |
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02:14:01 up 39 days, 5:31, 22 users, load average: 0.16, 0.22, 0.48 |
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No, my machine has not been on for over 900 consecutive hours. It's |
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that long since my most recent "full boot". sys-power/hibernate-script |
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in suspend-to-disc mode totally shuts down the machine. It has to read |
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the BIOS on start-up, but it restores all workspaces, and program state |
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with multiple browsers/spreadsheets/etc open, from swap. I have |
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multiple browser profiles, allowing me to dedicate separate instances to |
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each forum. Plus I have ongong personal projects that have spreadsheets |
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or vim open. It's an absolute pain to re-open all the |
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browsers/spreadsheets/etc in each workspace when I do a "real reboot" |
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for a new kernel. |
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I currently have the display, speakers, modem, router, etc plugged |
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into power bars that are plugged into a "slave jack" on my UPS. The |
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desktop PC is plugged into the "master jack". When the "master" is |
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drawing power, the "slave" jack provides power to the power bars. When |
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I hibernate the PC, and it powers down, the "slave" jack cuts off power |
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to the power bars. So shutting down or hibernating my PC shuts down |
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display, speakers, modem, router, etc. Turning the PC back on powers |
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them up again. If I had your problem, I would move my router/modem to a |
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"filtered" plug on the UPS. So hibernation would shut down everything |
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except the router/modem. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |