Hi there
I have a problem with my computer waking when I am not around. I can’t seem to find any programs associated with system events in the manuals, how to’s or utilities. My bios is not set to wake on lan. Are there any tools that show the equivalent of “system event log” in windows??
if not, what bash commands do I need to learn?
Thanks
JnXt
On 09/02/2011 07:16 AM, jnxt wrote:
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> Hi there
> I have a problem with my computer waking when I am not around. I can’t
> seem to find any programs associated with system events in the manuals,
> how to’s or utilities. My bios is not set to wake on lan.
> Are there
> any tools that show the equivalent of “system event log” in windows??
sorry, i have no idea what a MS Windows “system event log” is, or what
it records, but maybe you want to look at your system logs? i would
start with /var/logs/messages (there are others in that directory, but i
think messages is the most likely place which might give a hint) and
look carefully from the time you put the machine into hibernate/sleep
and later…
maybe we could begin to help if there were some more information, maybe…
what operating system and version are you using? what desktop
environment and version? is it running on bare metal or in a VM?
what kind of computer do you have (netbook, tower desktop, 2U rack mount
or a super computer?) if a portable device, is it plugged into wall
power or left on battery power?
and, please tell what happens–what you see vs what you expected to see
which causes you to say “problem with my computer waking when I am not
around”…
i ask because i guess if you ‘hibernate’ it (or ‘sleep’,
which??)…and, then come back 1 (or 12) hours later you might surmise
it “woke up while you were not around” and then shut itself down
(because it was out of battery power–which is why i asked that earlier
question)…and you find it won’t wake up (or un-hibernate) because the
battery has zero power…
or i guess that could mean you ‘hibernate’ it (or ‘sleep’, which??)
and the screen goes dark, all system noise stops…but when you come
back (how long later) the screen is bright, a screen saver is running
(or not, which?) and . . .
and, what/how are doing to put it to sleep (or hibernating it, which?)
and, does the situation change if you adjust your power management
profile setting?
how about if you unplug the ethernet, does that change it the situation?
are you using a plain old telephone modem and your computer as a fax
machine?
and, how long has this been the situation? just started yesterday after
working correctly for a year? or, has been that way forever? any other
linux distribution had this same problem on this machine? or another
distro or version of openSUSE worked differently?
oh, are you suspending to RAM or Disk? (what happens if you switch from
one to the other?)
finally: didn’t i see this same problem posted yesterday? [please do NOT
double post] if so, now you know why i didn’t try to help yesterday: not
enough information, not nearly enough to begin to track down this mystery!
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DD
Caveat
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First of all, unplug any USB device from your machine.
They can wake it up, although it may take some time which one is a culprit.
If this is the case, and you don’t want to unplug device, you can use PCI expansion card with USB ports.
Wake up works only on motherboard’s USB ports, at least for me.
I have the same problem with my desktop system, it can wake up from hibernation in the middle of the night (regardless of system using atm) 
But im to lazy to investigate.
windows system log is an administrative tool where you can see what events and errors have occured in your system, and when.
i don’t know linux much yet, but /var/log directory seems to contain similar data.
Do you own a cat??
On 09/02/2011 05:16 PM, gogalthorp wrote:
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> Do you own a cat??
GOOD question!! (they love to sleep on the keyboard of running laptops,
sleeping and otherwise)
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DD
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First off thanks for the well thought out post
two cheers for Colorado, i lived in csp for years:)
as for your questions about my system
i’m runnind an exga 58x le
i7 720 2.8mhz running at 3.6mhz
12 g ddr3 ram coarsaire
2 gts 450 zotak graphics cards on two moniters
the bois is set to not wakeon lan
it’s dual booted with win 7 and openSUSE 11.4 with kde running nvidia drivers partitioned on the same drive as windows.
i set it to sleep (suspened to ram) and then it wakes up at various intervals at night.
i’ll start with the /var/logs/message.
as for the second post i was informed that i posted in the wrong forum by the moderater. he directed me to the correct forum.
now i know where to post:) happy happy joy joy!!
by the way i don’t one a cat. possibly a small mouse or two?
<<sorry, i have no idea what a MS Windows “system event log” is, or what
<<it records, but maybe you want to look at your system logs? i would
<<start with /var/logs/messages (there are others in that directory, but i
<<think messages is the most likely place which might give a hint) and
<<look carefully from the time you put the machine into hibernate/sleep
<<and later…
I figured it out…
you where right, most of the information i needed was in vars/logs/acpid
after i searched through all of the acpi logs and found various events logged, I tracked down the precess to be either a part of dchp or xorg from the system activity tab process 2030 or 1390 . Which means that i need to close a few ports on my router. i left some open for my own testing, not a good idea apparently.
Cron would actually have all of the information that i would need but i didn’t know that it wasn’t running. hehehe
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
By the way…system events viewer in windows is just a graphical interpretation if all of the logged events in var/logs, including mainly the (suspend, message, acpid, fail )
On 09/03/2011 08:46 AM, jnxt wrote:
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> I figured it out…
GREAT!!
btw, (i just checked your profile on these fora and see i should have
said earlier) -=WELCOME=- new poster!!
welcome to freedom, welcome to choice, welcome to openSUSE…
it is supposed to be fun…
and it can be–you have demonstrated a willingness to ask and to
fix, welcome!
expect frustration because lots and lots of stuff is different…ask
when you wish, everytime, in the mean time a few hints:
http://tinyurl.com/32g4nmp
http://doc.opensuse.org
http://en.opensuse.org/Concepts
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DD
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