I was finally able to solve the problem. According to http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/ACPI_Wakeup I had to change the /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh as follows:
... stop|restart|reload|force-reload) ==> ACPITIME=`cat /proc/acpi/alarm` if [ "$HWCLOCKACCESS" != no ] then if [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] then echo "Saving the System Clock time to the Hardware Clock..." fi [ "$GMT" = "-u" ] && GMT="--utc" /sbin/hwclock --systohc $GMT $BADYEAR if [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] then echo "Hardware Clock updated to `date`." fi ==> echo "$ACPITIME" > /proc/acpi/alarm The explanation is that altering the hw clock during shutdown disables the RTC alarm in some BIOSes. I will file this bug to util-linux package. -- [GUTSY] RTC alarm does not retain setting from /proc/acpi/alarm https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/139846 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs