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Questions tagged [suspend]

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Unix command to suspend a job while there is console activity?

I want to do a large disk transfer, which slows down responsiveness of my system. What I want is a Unix command that will only run the command after I have been idle at the console for a few minutes. And if I come back half way in, it will suspend…
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How to turn off VMware virtual machines goes to "sleep" if no activity?

I have a couple machines, that have close to no activity for a a longer period of time. And when i try to connect to them with ssh after a week or soo, its like they have gone into "sleep mode", everything is slow. Load is not reporting anything, …
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How to disable suspend on Ubuntu 20.04 (systemd) via CLI

I have a laptop that has been installed with ubuntu 20.04 that is being used as a server. Thus I want it to never suspend. By default it automatically suspends when the lid is closed. As I can only access it via ssh (and there is no X installed…
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system suspend - dbus upower signals are not seen

I want to get notifications via dbus when the system resumes from suspended state. Following these existing questions: What DBus signal is sent on system suspend? How do I detect when my system wakes up from suspend via DBus or similar in a python…
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Resume from suspend/hibernation on LAN activity

I have Debian Wheezy 7.2 running on a HP Thin Client. This little box acts as a file server and is only used from time to time, so I don't want it to run 24/7 but it has to be available when it's needed, without any action to be taken in advance…
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Why shouldn't a domain controller be suspended or paused

I've seen it mentioned on Server Fault as well as in a Technet Blog that you should never pause or suspend a domain controller. While searching through Microsoft's documentation on the subject, I only find one instance where that would be bad.…
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In Linux, how to temporarly freeze a user?

On a mis-configured or buggy network filer (NFS NAS) writing a large file can cause the filer to freeze. For diagnostics I need to be able to: Suspend (or in other words temporary freeze) all processes of a particular user Resume the…
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Why is /proc/meminfo reporting misleading SwapTotal after suspends

Consider this: [skrat@apex geri]$ cat /proc/meminfo | grep SwapTotal SwapTotal: 18438120 kB [skrat@apex geri]$ swapon -s Filename Type Size Used Priority /dev/mmcblk0p2 (deleted) …
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I got some message about suspended site, which I have to debug, how do I proceed?

Possible Duplicate: My server's been hacked EMERGENCY The hosting company supplied an email to its client and the client wanted some help from me. the message states: Any items listed here which are folders named with 5 to 7 random letters are…
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Server 2016 where is Magic packet registry setting

Does anyone know where "Only allow a magic packet to wake this computer" setting has moved to in 2016-core? This 2016-core server can be kept awake by continuous pings or if I let it suspend it can be woken by a Magic Packet but does not wake on…
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CentOS 7, how to prevent any process from suspending my server?

I have a server running CentOS 7 with Gui. It should be running 24x7 but it keeps suspending itself after a few days of inactivity. "Automatic suspend" is already set to "off" The computer is only connected to a local network. The only third party…
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Drupal Commons using sendmail with Gmail SMTP smart host: Account suspended for abuse

I have a Linux VPS with two Drupal sites, one of them using Drupal Commons. Both installations are told to send mail via sendmail, which in turn is configured to relay mail to the Gmail SMTP server (via the smart host directive). Two different…
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How do you un-suspend a VM on vSphere Client?

It doesn't seem like I can do ANYTHING with this VM now. I can't unsuspend it back to its normal state. I can't delete it. It's like a curse for my datastore. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!
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What is the best way to host a web app for a marketer?

I have recently developed a web app for a marketer that he has been sending emails to his potential customers to fill out an application form existing in this web app. Recently, I received an email from his hosting company saying that they will…
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Windows command line "suspend"

On Windows, there's the shutdown cmd line, but is there a windows command line command to call a "standby"? What I'd really like is to call something like standby -force to force a system to enter standby even when a pesky app is trying to…
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