On 2013-07-12 Fri 23:12 PM |, Thomas Reiter wrote: > > would you mind to share how you have solved the problem? > otherwise someone has to ask the same question some day. >
Of course Thomas, but as each piece of hardware is different, I doubt what worked in this case will be transferable..... I first began by trying Wake on LAN with pointers from https://calomel.org/wakeonlan.html Although the NIC's WOL cable was connected & the BIOS claimed WOL support, it wouldn't bring the box up. Eventually I discovered ifconfig(8)'s notes re WOL & established that the cheap card didn't actually support WOL: $ ifconfig rl0 hwfeatures | fgrep hwfeatures hwfeatures=10<VLAN_MTU> hardmtu 1500 $ sudo ifconfig rl0 wol ifconfig: SIOCSIFXFLAGS: Not supported So I started experimenting via the serial port & then the power button. With Nick's suggestions about the power button, I thought that'd be the quickest route, so opened the box again, removed the WOL cable & noticed some motherboard settings. That jogged my mind to Nick's comments about just because the BIOS claims to do something, doesn't mean it will. With random inspiration I decided to have another look at the BIOS, & now there was an option to have the box auto power on. So whether I nudged a DIP switch or otherwise jiggled something, I can't be sure. Anyway, Nick was right, as "I'll tell you how to figure it out." Job done, in unspectacular style. Onwards, -- Craig Skinner | http://twitter.com/Craig_Skinner | http://linkd.in/yGqkv7
