** Summary changed:
- ubuntu server not a good energy star citizen apparently
+ non-X VTs should use energy star
** Description changed:
- Something like
+ it's simple. it's easy. let's get our servers being good energy star
+ citizens shall we?
- setterm -powersave=powerdown -powerdown=15 -store
+ if a VT is running X at all, whether that's running sddm and never
+ logged in, or sddm and logged-in, or not running sddm and simply logged-
+ in and running X started with startx, that VT will timeout and
+ powerdown. so far so good.
- ought to do it, probably right whenever/wherever a VT is activated.
+ but a VT that's either running getty, or logged in and just running
+ bash, will stay powered up and blazing away forever, whether it's ubuntu
+ server 20.04, lubuntu 20.04, or centos 8.
- tho when i try that command i get
+ so probably RHEL 8 too, so probably most servers, aren't being good
+ energy star citizens! boo!
- setterm: cannot (un)set powersave mode: Inappropriate ioctl for device
+ the util-linux package is used by both centos 8 and ubuntu 20.04, and
+ contains both getty and setterm.
- is that the problem, something lacking in a device driver or whatever?
+ thus getty seems to me to be the sensible place to call:
- or does the HP EliteDesk Pro 800 G1 SFF actually lack dpms energy star
- features? seems dubious that it would.
+ setterm -powersave=powerdown -powerdown=15 -store
- or is it just a case of finger pointing? ubuntu saying systemd should
- do it, systemd saying getty should do it?
-
- whatever, i shouldn't walk up to a server terminal that's had nobody
- there for hours and hours and see it's display still burning away,
- right?
+ such that a VT running getty, or logged in and running bash, would then
+ timeout and powerdown.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: systemd 245.4-4ubuntu3.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-62.70-generic 5.4.78
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-62-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.14
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
Date: Tue Jan 19 05:13:35 2021
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-12-28 (21 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64
(20200731)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP EliteDesk 800 G1 SFF
ProcEnviron:
- TERM=screen
- PATH=(custom, no user)
- LANG=C.UTF-8
- SHELL=/bin/bash
+ TERM=screen
+ PATH=(custom, no user)
+ LANG=C.UTF-8
+ SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/fs/boot/vmlinuz ro
root=UUID=a671d866-a05f-4b83-8714-0b448b1eeac4 subroot=/fs
init=/fs/etc/g/subroot
SourcePackage: systemd
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/15/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: L01 v02.33
dmi.board.name: 1998
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.type: 4
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrL01v02.33:bd07/15/2014:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPEliteDesk800G1SFF:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1998:rvr:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct4:cvr:
dmi.product.family: 103C_53307F G=D
dmi.product.name: HP EliteDesk 800 G1 SFF
dmi.product.sku: J6D79UT#ABA
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
** Package changed: systemd (Ubuntu) => util-linux (Ubuntu)
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