Questions tagged [idle]
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How to set intel_idle.max_cstate=1
How can i set intel idle max cstate to 1 and how can i check when it will done. i have a freeze problem because of bay trail cores.
i tried kernel 4.5 4.1.12 4.4 but freeze problem still continue.
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Screensaver suppression on video playback [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I stop the screensaver from turning on when I watching online videos?
I migrated from Ubuntu 10.10 to Xubuntu 11.10 (clean install). Previously when I played video via ...
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How can I know when my screen was locked last time?
Exist a log where I can look for that information? I want to know last days when my PC automatically locked the screen because was idle.
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Execute shell script or command on idle time
I'm searching for the possibility to execute a shell script or command based on idle time in the bash shell.
As an example, if I'm in a SSH session to a server of mine and after X minutes of ...
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how would I run a script or application when idle?
I would like to run various cryptocurrency generators, "miners" as they are known as, whenever my main pc is idle more then 30 minutes (no mouse or keyboard activity, etc.). How would I set this up?
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How to get suspend when idle if no user logged in (lightdm)
I can't figure out how to get Ubuntu 11.10 to suspend when idle from a lightdm login screen. I've found methods to do this from gdm, but even those reference configuration files that aren't present in ...
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xprintidle doesn't work in cronjob. Why?
I have lxle (Lubuntu) 12.04 installed and I spent lots of time looking for working solution to make PC shutdown after some period of idle state.
After checking many programs which haven't worked I ...
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Is watching a video on HDD using VLC, or a youtube video in a browser considered as 'computer idle'?
I have Ubuntu 11.04 (natty).
I have read 'Screen goes blank when VLC is playing video'. My question is similar, but also I have this problem when viewing a video on youtube.
I am not quite clear ...
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How to create a timed shutdown, based on idle state? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I shutdown my PC when the system is idle?
In Ubuntu 11.10, when I go to System Settings > Power, I get the option to suspend my machine after it's been idle for a set ...
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Shutdown ubuntu server when idle
I have Ubuntu server 20.04LTS running on an old optiplex. I'm trying to figure out how to shut down my server automatically after a certain idle period.
What's the best way to go about this ?
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Tkinter not working
I recently installed Python and IDLE from synaptic. However, when I test Tkinter I get the following error:
import Tkinter
Tkinter._test()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", ...
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Run script on system idle
I want to run some servers and whatnot on my machine but I don't want it to interfere with what I'm doing... Gaming, research, writing a paper, etc. My thought was to have a script run when the system ...
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How to change default idle for python?
Okay, so I have python 3.5 on my system. Whenever I open a .py file, Idle3 starts, thus pressing F5 will instantly run my code.
However I need python 2.7 now for an assignment. In terminal I've ...
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Monitors wake immediately after they are put to sleep automatically
Basically I have it set to blank my monitors after 5 minutes idle, which it will do, monitors will show the(monitor side) Going into standby mode, no source message, go black and then wake about 10 ...
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"Battery critically low" on desktop
I installed Ubuntu 14.10 on a Lenovo Thinkpad, which is a All-In_One Desktop without any batteries.
System is working fine, up to 2 problems:
Shortly after logon, the desktop is shown and even a ...
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