Re: [gentoo-user] system uptime

["Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>]

On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 12:04:43AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote
> How long do desktop users typically leave their systems between reboots ?
> How long between power off/on's ?
> 
> I've long been in the habit of switching everything off while I sleep,
> then restarting after I've woken & got going again myself.  However
> recently, I've run into delays getting my router (only  1  device
> attached) to shake hands successfully with my ISP's server, which have
> been requiring several power off/on's before it works.

  I'm on Teksavvy, and I run into that on occasion.

> As a result, I've started rebooting only after my weekly system update
> -- it means I get to use the new versions of everything -- & not
> powering off at all ; the monitor + Xscreensaver are off whenever I'm
> away from the machine for  >= 1 hr  (approx).
> 
> Are there any pro's/con's I sb aware of ?

[d531][waltdnes][~] uptime
 02:14:01 up 39 days,  5:31, 22 users,  load average: 0.16, 0.22, 0.48

  No, my machine has not been on for over 900 consecutive hours.  It's
that long since my most recent "full boot".  sys-power/hibernate-script
in suspend-to-disc mode totally shuts down the machine.  It has to read
the BIOS on start-up, but it restores all workspaces, and program state
with multiple browsers/spreadsheets/etc open, from swap.  I have
multiple browser profiles, allowing me to dedicate separate instances to
each forum.  Plus I have ongong personal projects that have spreadsheets
or vim open.  It's an absolute pain to re-open all the
browsers/spreadsheets/etc in each workspace when I do a "real reboot"
for a new kernel.

  I currently have the display, speakers, modem, router, etc plugged
into power bars that are plugged into a "slave jack" on my UPS.  The
desktop PC is plugged into the "master jack".  When the "master" is
drawing power, the "slave" jack provides power to the power bars.  When
I hibernate the PC, and it powers down, the "slave" jack cuts off power
to the power bars.  So shutting down or hibernating my PC shuts down
display, speakers, modem, router, etc.  Turning the PC back on powers
them up again.  If I had your problem, I would move my router/modem to a
"filtered" plug on the UPS.  So hibernation would shut down everything
except the router/modem.

-- 
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications