From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ECA71399CE for ; Thu, 3 Sep 2015 15:33:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DA29014302; Thu, 3 Sep 2015 15:32:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net (mail-1.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.69]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E655D141F9 for ; Thu, 3 Sep 2015 15:32:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 949D22EBAA6 for ; Thu, 3 Sep 2015 11:32:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net ([208.85.220.69]) by localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id I07YRiwgpePQ for ; Thu, 3 Sep 2015 11:32:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ca.inter.net (host-45-58-241-73.dyn.295.ca [45.58.241.73]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 25E90312963 for ; Thu, 3 Sep 2015 11:32:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 03 Sep 2015 11:32:52 -0400 Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 11:32:52 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: Gentoo User Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] system uptime Message-ID: <20150903153252.GL1081@ca.inter.net> Mail-Followup-To: Gentoo User References: <20150830040443.GA1081@ca.inter.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150830040443.GA1081@ca.inter.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Archives-Salt: 22ca843b-408b-4674-8082-f69faf058349 X-Archives-Hash: afabff56d25c2ca16c41b8695d7f20db Thanks for the responses to my inquiry re how long systems stay up. My feeling for electronics is that equipment needs stability : temperature + humidity should not vary much & electrons need to flow thro' wires regularly. That suggests a machine will do better if left running. I don't like the idea of phoning my ISP's help desk with an ill-defined problem : I can't be sure it will recur if they ask me to go thro' a few restart cycles ; the staff are probably trained to offer a few simple solutions ; they may simply offer to send me a new router or worse to send me a modem instead, which is harder to set up. The problem probably lies in their server : my router enjoys constant conditions & shows no other signs of wear ; if that's the case, ISP help staff may not even know what has changed. I'm planning to build a new machine in the next few weeks, so I also now plan to set it up to do suspend, hibernate etc ; I've grabbed a few dox which explain what's involved. Mick mentioned 'S3' = 'sleep' & 'S4' = 'hibernation' in this connection : what do they mean ? Do they correspond to saving to RAM/disk ? -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca