Before deciding on XP as my server OS, I built an Ubuntu 8.10 machine using the "desktop" software version. One problem I could not solve was getting my server to wake on lan. Given that I wanted to run the machine headless and under a desk in another room, this was a deal-breaker for me. It may have been my hardware -- the PC was quite a few years old -- but using ethtool to query my network connection did show that the adapter was WOL-capable.
Ubuntu does not install "out of the box" with WOL enabled. There is a good tutorial here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=234588 Toward the end of the article, the author writes about editing the /etc/init.d/halt script to enable WOL. He says he didn't need to do this, but my case might have required it and I never got that far. There is more detail here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysvinit/+bug/71418 Also, since you plan to administer the machine remotely, you may be interested in this tutorial: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-use-remote-desktop-in-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex.html Good luck! -- Apesbrain ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apesbrain's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=738 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58334 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
