X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Andrew DeFaria Subject: Re: Can cron cause computer to wake up from hibernate? Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:13:47 -0700 Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <1191311125.835797@slbhw0> <20071002163458.GA11003@mastermind> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) In-Reply-To: <20071002163458.GA11003@mastermind> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Matthew Wozniski wrote: > Hibernation does involve swapping everything in memory to disk, > freezing the state of all processes, and powering down the system. > But, the system being powered down does not mean that no part of the > system is receiving power. In fact, Wake On LAN technology is designed > to work on machines that are completely shut down - the only caveat is > that the motherboard reserves power for the network card, and the > network card scans for a particular magic packet addressed to it. If > that packet shows up, the computer turns itself back on. This would be the first time that I've ever heard of this. Forgive me for saying but do you have a reference? > So, not only can this bring a computer out of sleep or hibernation, it > can bring a computer out of a shutdown, too, as long as the device is > still plugged in. Exactly! How would it bring my dead computer out or hibernation when it's in a moving truck? Methinks you're still thinking of sleep mode, not hibernation. -- Andrew DeFaria It's not the pace of life that concerns me, it's the sudden stop at the end. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/