Re: [gentoo-user] using systemd timers as a cron replacement

2015-08-22 Thread allan gottlieb
m is a laptop that is normally turned off each evening. >> > >> > As I read the manuals one can have either a monotone or a realtime timer. >> But I seem to need features of each. >> > >> > Specifically, I would like the daily timer to trigger 10 minut

[gentoo-user] using systemd timers as a cron replacement

2015-08-22 Thread allan gottlieb
I use systemd and wish to employ timers an analogue of cron.daily. The system is a laptop that is normally turned off each evening. As I read the manuals one can have either a monotone or a realtime timer. But I seem to need features of each. Specifically, I would like the daily timer to

Re: [gentoo-user] using systemd timers as a cron replacement

2015-08-22 Thread Fernando Rodriguez
> I use systemd and wish to employ timers an analogue of cron.daily. The > >> system is a laptop that is normally turned off each evening. > >> > > >> > As I read the manuals one can have either a monotone or a realtime timer. > >> But I seem

Re: [gentoo-user] using systemd timers as a cron replacement

2015-08-22 Thread Fernando Rodriguez
On Saturday, August 22, 2015 4:52:47 PM allan gottlieb wrote: > I use systemd and wish to employ timers an analogue of cron.daily. The system is a laptop that is normally turned off each evening. > > As I read the manuals one can have either a monotone or a realtime timer. But I see

Re: [gentoo-user] using systemd timers as a cron replacement

2015-08-22 Thread Marc Joliet
> > As I read the manuals one can have either a monotone or a realtime timer. > But I seem to need features of each. > > > > Specifically, I would like the daily timer to trigger 10 minutes (say) > > after > boot (OnBootSec=600) but not more than once a day (OnCalend

Re: [gentoo-user] using systemd timers as a cron replacement

2015-08-23 Thread Marc Joliet
> > > >> On Saturday, August 22, 2015 4:52:47 PM allan gottlieb wrote: > > >> > I use systemd and wish to employ timers an analogue of cron.daily. > > >> > The > > >> system is a laptop that is normally turned off each evening. > > &g

Re: [gentoo-user] Can I suppress the bleep when shutting down?

2015-10-21 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 20 October 2015 19:22:12 Alan McKinnon wrote: > Where is the beep coming from? > > Real speakers (like where music comes out) - check Alerts & > Notifications or similar in your DE. > > That silly monotone speaker that can only make bing noises and has been >

Re: [gentoo-user] Can I suppress the bleep when shutting down?

2015-10-20 Thread Alan McKinnon
_know_ I'm shutting > the machine down. > > Can anybody here tell me how to disable this ing annoyance? > > Many thanks in advance! > Where is the beep coming from? Real speakers (like where music comes out) - check Alerts & Notifications or similar in your DE. That silly

Re: [gentoo-user] Can I suppress the bleep when shutting down?

2015-10-21 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 21 Oct 2015 10:03:42 Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Tuesday 20 October 2015 19:22:12 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Where is the beep coming from? > > > > Real speakers (like where music comes out) - check Alerts & > > Notifications or similar in your DE. >

Re: [gentoo-user] Can I suppress the bleep when shutting down?

2015-10-20 Thread Alan Mackenzie
speaker in my PC case. > Real speakers (like where music comes out) - check Alerts & > Notifications or similar in your DE. I use XFCE. I get a similar beep on exiting XFCE, and I've sent a similar request to an XFCE list asking how I can disable that beep. > That silly monotone

Re: [gentoo-user] Can I suppress the bleep when shutting down?

2015-10-21 Thread Alan Mackenzie
c comes out) - check Alerts & > > > Notifications or similar in your DE. > > > That silly monotone speaker that can only make bing noises and has been > > > in pc's since the first one? > > Am I unusual in not having such a speaker in either of my boxes? > N