[ydl-gen] how to disable power management - "Always On" mode?

[Derick Centeno]

Dear Anthony:
Thanks for your comment.  I regularly peruse this and the newbie list 
and am always open to constructive information.

When we read information written by others describing a problem, 
sometimes the problem is described exactly as it is;  sometimes there 
is more behind the description which has not been conveyed sufficiently 
well.

I have learned to not assume one particular scenario or view based upon 
what is described so I ask questions which help me understand the 
situation better.

My initial response expressed a concern that his system/network was 
compromised such that it was told to induce the sleep mode.  If this 
was all his system was induced to do, that would be great but we know 
that much worse could have been done and is possible to do, which is 
why I addressed his question utilizing a Systems or Wholistic style 
approach.  His question remember, included the phrase, "how to 
completely disable anything ..."; I introduced Tripwire into the 
discussion for his consideration so that he could discover whatever 
attack was going on by using it.  Tripwire is very powerful tool for 
tracking what is being attacked, how and even in what manner ... it 
tracks everything and keeps logs of whatever is going on and can negate 
any process from proceeding forward was well.  Tripwire is perfect for 
discovering the fact and existence of an actual attack if one is in 
fact occurring.  However, if one does not have Tripwire it is extremely 
difficult to determine the source and manner of how an attack was 
executed.  Tripwire after it has learned the normal operations of a 
system can stop absolutely nearly anything thrown at it, and so it is 
an appropriate tool for him which could effectively stop any outside 
program which may induce or may have induced that behavior or any other 
unauthorized system behavior.  And if his authorization is merely that 
of a user, he can possibly pass on the information shared to his System 
Administrator for possible implementation of the commercial or open 
source version of Tripwire where appropriate and necessary.

In the process of a later exchange I brought out the point of other 
possible solutions which could be done from within a control panel or 
other system option which may also have been overlooked.

Usually when someone writes that they want to disable "anything" they 
usually mean that they intend to disable anything that causes the 
behavior or action that they are complaining about, AND any other thing 
imitating or proceeding or causing other unknown or unexpected effects 
within a system.  It turns out that everything is a matter of 
interpretation -- English, just as any human language is not precise as 
a mathematical equation or even as precise as a score of Beethoven or 
Mozart or other musical script.

There is room to interpret and view many things, many ways especially 
over time.  Remaining flexible to such is an Art; all anyone can do is 
work to refine oneself in it.

On Nov 9, 2005, at 11:05 PM, Anthony Lanni wrote:

> Jonathan, check your APM or ACPI settings.  You can quickly check 
> which one you're using by
>  looking in /proc; one or the other (usually not both) will be there.  
> Both are easily googled, as well.
>  My yellowdog box defaulted to APM; that's not really a problem, since 
> it's a laptop anyway, but I
>  suggest upgrading to ACPI for support and configurability.
>
>  Also check the Advanced tab in the Screensaver control panel.  You 
> may be able to ignore my
>  previous paragraph completely.
>
>  And Derick, if I may offer a bit of advice; please read people's 
> questions more carefully in order
>  to provide a useful solution set.  The original post - which you 
> thoughtfully included
>  in your first reply - makes it clear that the machine just went to 
> sleep, not just once but twice.
>
> On 10/5/05, Derick Centeno <aguilarojo at verizon.net> wrote:
>> ...  From your more detailed
>> description this time around it appears that your system didn't
>> shutdown; it was merely asleep.  Completely different scenario than
>> what was described. ...
>   
> On Oct 5, 2005, at 2:05 PM, sa at claborn.net wrote:
>
>  > Hello,
>  >
>  > I'm trying to set up YDL 4.0.1 as a server and this morning when I
>  > came back to work, I found that the OS was asleep - I couldn't ping 
> or connect
>  > to any services.
>  >
>  > Does anyone know how to completely disable anything that would put 
> the
>  > computer to sleep?
>  ...
>
>
>
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