Re: [Condor-users] Condor 7.4.4 hibernating with logged in local user

[Dan Bradley <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ian,

I thought you were saying that the keyboard activity detection was not 
working.  That's why I mentioned condor_kbdd.

However, going back to your previous message, I get the impression that 
keyboard/mouse activity detection is likely working fine.  The problem 
is when a user is logged in but does not touch the keyboard/mouse for 
longer than the threshold that you have configured.  The system then 
hibernates, and the user has to press the power button to bring it back 
to life.

One solution, which I mentioned previously would be to write a startd 
cron script that publishes the number of logged in users.  Your 
ShouldHibernate expression could then require that there be no logged in 
users.

Another solution, as you suggest would be to hibernate in a state that 
does not require the user to press the power button.  Unfortunately, I 
don't have any experience with the details of getting that to work, but 
it does sound worth pursuing.

--Dan

On 11/23/11 10:53 AM, Ian Cottam wrote:
> Thanks to Dan (and others) for replies. I've also found Dan's earlier post
> on this.
> In that, Dan asked what we wished to do when a user was logged in. I did
> at the time think - obviously, not hibernate. But, the reason for that is
> the only combination of states we have found that works
> (Condor/BIOS/Linux/. . .) puts the PC into such a deep sleep that the only
> way for the local logged in user to get it back up is to press the power
> button, which then causes a reboot (clearly not acceptable).
>
> We are using the terminology "RAM" to Condor and "S1" to the PC's BIOS.
> What other combinations could I try (especially if you have experience
> with it working)? I have tried "RAM" and "S3", which did not work.
>
> Thanks all.
> -Ian
> ps: not using condor_kbdd daemon, but to be honest, I can't see how that
> would help.
>
>
> On 23/11/2011 15:52, "Dan Bradley"<dan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>
> > Ian,
> >
> > Are you using condor_kbdd?  This daemon is used to detect X keyboard
> > activity.
> >
> > --Dan
> >
> > On 11/23/11 4:21 AM, Ian Cottam wrote:
> > > The ShouldHibernate line below does not seem to be enough to stop our
> > > Linux/64 PCs sleeping whilst in use by someone (logged in) locally using
> > > the keyboard/mouse/screen.
> > >
> > > HIBERNATE_CHECK_INTERVAL = 30
> > > TimeToWait = 600
> > > ShouldHibernate = KeyboardIdle>   $(StartIdleTime)&&   $(CPUidle)&&
> > > $(StateTimer)>   $(TimeToWait)&&   (State == "Unclaimed" || State ==
> > > "Owner")
> > > HibernateState = "RAM"
> > > HIBERNATE = ifThenElse( $(ShouldHibernate), $(HibernateState), "NONE" )
> > >
> > > Any suggestions of what to add to prevent such?
> > > Thanks
> > > -Ian
> > >
> > > ps: my apologies if someone already replied to this, but I can't find
> > > my previous email on the subject
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