On Thu, 2023-11-16 at 22:15 +1030, Tim via users wrote: > On Thu, 2023-11-16 at 09:59 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > Seriously though, in the end I did watch it with hibernation > > disabled, > > and sure enough the "smart" power plug turned itself off and on > > again > > at 08:00. > > > > I've checked and rechecked the settings on the thing, and it > > positively, definitely, absolutely does *not* have a scheduled > > power > > cycle at that time. In fact I'd completely disabled it during the > > experiment (but of course left it connected), yet it still decided > > to > > do this entirely of its own volition. > > > > In other words, it's a bug in the plug. > > I have a few of those things, thankfully none of mine have done that > (using a widespread Tuya chipset). I won't use them for anything > critical, or risky. Just a few light bulbs and a pedestal fan. I'd > never trust them on something that might be a fire risk (heaters), or > requires stability (computing equipment). > > I wish I could hack them to be controlled by Linux in my LAN, rather > than some server on the internet which might decide they're wasting > too > much money supporting hardware you bought a few years back. Since I > do > have a PC on 24/7 it's certainly feasible in my situation. And other > people have things like Raspberry Pies that they're happy to leave > one > running all the time.
I had installed this thing as a simple solution to waking up the hibernating machine without having to futz around with Wake On Lan, which I have no experience with and which apparently can be flaky depending on what the BIOS supports. A more reliable device might be the answer. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
