[mythtv-users] want to disable /proc/acpi/alarm wakeup

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Tue Jun 26 23:03:36 UTC 2007


On Jun 26, 2007, at 3:59 PM, Mark A. Miller wrote:

> My MythDora 4 system is powering itself on at the time specified in
>
>    /proc/acpi/alarm
>
> I can see how many people would really like this, but right now I  
> would
> like to leave my system off most of the time.  I have tried cat'ing a
> null string to /proc/acpi/alarm, but that didn't work
>
>    bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
>
> I have Asus M2N-E motherboard.  The system wakes up whether the alarm
> functionality is enabled or disabled in the BIOS.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to disable this wakeup function?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark

I don't have mine set to wake up since I leave it on all the time. I  
have this in my alarm:

[mythtv at mythtv ~]$ cat /proc/acpi/alarm
2007-00-00 00:00:00



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