John P. Hartmann wrote: > Subject system is used as a server, so the intent is to be headless. > If nothing is logged in on the console, the system goes to sleep after > a short while. If I log in on the terminal and leave it there, it > usually stays running, but it does suspend to disk every so often. > This sounds as if some laptop options have been applied to the power management. Going into the system=>preferences=>power_management gives you options, you don't have someone logged in with laptop style options set, do you? And how would you easily block that on a server, other than not install the applets? > This interferes with work the server should perform. > > Initially, it tried to hibernate, from which it could not wake, so I > had no indication of what was going on. I've disabled in the boot > parameters: acpi=off noapic. > Sounds very like a poor choice of options. > So how do I stop it from spinning down? If the desktop goes in the > process, that is fine. > > If someone has a list of stuff to disable in a fedora server, I'd much > appreciate being told. > Wish I had a good answer, I can assure you my servers don't do that and my laptops usually do, so that would be my first thought. I'm sure you can prevent users from selecting that option, but how doesn't jump out at me. Let us know if that's the issue. -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
