[Bug 987420] Re: allow to set restart/resume time on shutdown/suspend

2012-05-15 Thread ceg
I don't know if daily wake events can be programmed in the hardware real time clock. Yes, a small "+wakup again" checkbox or similar collapsible UI to enter a date would be sufficient I guess. But if it the UI could remember the last setting used this might already also allow daily (next day) wake

[Bug 987420] Re: allow to set restart/resume time on shutdown/suspend

2012-05-15 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
I'm not clear what you're asking for here. Do you think that the Shut Down dialog, for example, should have an option for starting up the computer again at a specified time? Or is this more of a schedule thing, providing settings to (for example) start up the computer every weekday at 8:55 a.m.?

[Bug 987420] Re: allow to set restart/resume time on shutdown/suspend

2012-04-23 Thread ceg
** Description changed: Linux provides a simple way to schedule an restart event, for example: rtcwake -m on -s - This command avoids that rtcwake does the switching into another power state (mode -m stays on). - The power state are thus handled by the regular pm-tools, which is more