Questions tagged [sleep]
a command for delaying execution of a program for the given length of time. For low power mode, use *suspend* instead.
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How to figure out what process or event is waking up laptop from `xset dpms force off`
I have a laptop where I tried xscreensaver auto blanking screen after 1 minute of idle time and even though everything seems idle it doesn't blank the screen.
So then I ran this command to blank the ...
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Bash script with while loop that waits for a file to be refreshed but kills if time threshold is exceeded
I am very basic with bash so apologies if this is obvious to solve and please let me know if more details are needed. The script below is part of a larger script to launch a python workflow and wait ...
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SIGSEGV address boundary error shortly after waking from sleep
After resuming from a hybrid-sleep, I can log in (swaylock) and initially it seems ok - pwd, journalctl -xe run as expected in the shell still open from when I put it to sleep.
After a short while ...
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What does the sleep command do when run in background?
When I run this command - sleep 10 the terminal waits for 10 seconds. So sleep is acting on the terminal. What happens when I do - sleep 10 &? In the first case it was acting on the terminal but ...
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Random float sleep in bash script?
I need randomized pauses in my script between two numbers smaller than 1 second in my script. The following used to work:
#! /bin/bash
sleep $(python -c "import random;print random.uniform(.2,.8)&...
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Alpine Linux becomes unreachable after a certain period of inactivity
I have installed Alpine Linux as OS for a mini server.
I have correctly configured the server to be reached via ssh (openSSL) and my programs run on docker containers.
I use a wired connection.
The ...
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Variable sleep bash alias [duplicate]
So, I'm trying to create an alias which will run a command after sleeping x seconds.
alias ls_sleep="sleep $1 && ls"
The problem is, $1 is being passed as string and things like $(($...
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Second display does not turn on after sleep
After my machine (Fedora 35) goes to sleep and wakes, my second monitor won't turn on again. I can reproduce the same problem by running
xrandr --output HDMI-1-1 --off
xrandr --output HDMI-1-1 --auto ...
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Does locking in gnome allow background tasks like uplaoding to keep running?
I am uploading things in the back and want to lock the screen, but am not sure if the lock function in gnome locks the screen while allowing that to continue.
So far it seems that the computer is not ...
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Using sleep command in ssh authorized_key to prevent user's actions
I'm setting up an Ubuntu server to receive ssh connections from clients so I will then be able to connect back to their machine (reverse SSH tunneling). I searched for a way to prohibit any action ...
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Deactivate Linux Sleep/freeze/hibernate state without systemctl
I have a system with a very specific Linux compilation that runs on ARM CPUs. It lacks almost all services (systemctl included) and generally-included software (apt-get, snap, etc.) and it is not ...
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What kernel settings or configuration do I need to look at for a kernel that will never refuse to suspend?
Sometimes my laptop refuses to suspend, and overheats in its bag. This has been an ongoing issue with some versions of Linux over the years.
Usually the reason is nfs shares, other times Wi-Fi or ...
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Why does sleep() call returns when attaching to the process with a debugger?
While debugging one C application I added a code like this:
#include <unistd.h>
// ...
if( /* some condition violated */ ) {
log(WARNING, "condition violated! run `lldb -p %d`\n", ...
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Closing the lid wakes laptop from sleep
Plugging the power cable in or removing it does the same. Expected behaviour would be that only opening the lid or pressing a key wakes it up. I disabled everything in /proc/acpi/wakeup, no change. ...
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GDM lock screen after resume
I saw a really old question a but like this one but with no answer and no activity in three years.
I'm on arch linux with GDM and gnome and when I resume my laptop from suspend, the screen is on what ...
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Manjaro with KDE takes a long time to wake up after sleeping
I've been a long time user of Cinnamon, which I always thought was super fast, but recently switched to KDE. My experience has been pretty good on all fronts, except that I’ve noticed my laptop takes ...
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Killing `sleep` in a subshell
In bash, I'm observing that calling kill on a sleeping process won't kill it if I start out with a subshell. Can you help me understand why?
function foo () {
# Start a loop with `sleep` in the ...
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Dell laptop runs hot and loud on idle during suspend and cannot be woken up/resumed (Pop!_OS 21.04)
My Dell Inspiron 5405 (Ryzen 4500U CPU, integrated Radeon graphics) runs Pop OS 21.04 (kernel version 3.11). I have installed Powertop, auto-cpufreq, and kept my firmware and OS up to date.
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what's the max number accepted by sleep? [closed]
I want to run some jobs after waiting some time:
I can do:
sleep 1000;foo-1;foo-2
What I expected is to wait couple of hours, sleep seems not the best solution.
and I don't want to setup cron job.
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Not able to login after suspend/sleep in Linux Mint 20.04 from XFCE DE
I think this is due to Deepin Desktop Environment, which I install just now, from ubuntudde-ppa.
I tried this post:- https://askubuntu.com/questions/818919/xubuntu-16-04-how-do-i-make-it-lock-screen-...
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Why does sleep, when run in a shell script, ignore SIGINT?
When I run sleep manually, and then kill -INT it, sleep exits immediately. For example:
$ /bin/sleep 60 &
[1] 4002356
$ kill -INT 4002356
[1]+ Interrupt /bin/sleep 60
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systemd has a <sleep infinity > process. What is it?
I was looking through the process table and this process, /bin/sleep infinity, was there. It's started by /lib/systemd/systemd --user.
If I kill the sleep, my current session is stopped and I get ...
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Capture sleep, hibernate and wakeup events on Linux
I need to capture these on both laptop and desktop environmetns. Explored 2 options, but unfortunately none of them worked as expected.
DBus works on desktop but these events also need to be captured ...
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why SIGPIPE behaves different in different kernels?
I have two different systems running with linux and I'm getting some logs with
tail -f logfile
While tail was running, I sent SIGPIPE to tail's process. tail continued to run on system 1 but died ...
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Run scripts before and after sleep
I need to run some scripts before and after my system (Fedora 33) goes into sleep mode. So far I tried two different approaches and they both have failed.
First was to place the commands and script ...
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How to pipeline sleep? sleep pipeline doesn't work
I wanted to simulate execution time of certain scripts for which I found sleep NUMBER does exactly what I want.
In my scenario I needed something like
sleep 5 | command | sleep 5 ...
But it behaved ...
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Why is the command sleep an independent process but others seemingly not when used in a shell script?
I'm writing a bash script named test.sh as below on my Ubuntu:
#!/bin/bash
while true; do
echo 'abc' # pwd, df...
sleep 1
done
When I execute ./test.sh at one terminal, I open another ...
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How Do I Set My Fedora KDE 33 Workstation To NOT Suspend Upon Lid Close?
My Fedora KDE 33 Workstation (Old Sony Vaio Book) suspends when I close it. I would like to listen to music with the lid closed, so how should I do this?
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How to kill a command run from a script after a period? [duplicate]
I would like to run a never-ending command (such as play a mp3 file in loop) for a period of length T.
I put the command in a shell script my.sh:
#! /bin/bash
vlc /path/to/my.mp3 # will play the file ...
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My screen gets "pixelated" after waking up from the sleep. (Zorion OS)
After waking up from sleep, my laptop's screen and all the apps that were running on it before going to sleep have distorted pixels.
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Keeping Linux Mint 19.1 Mate from putting the display to sleep
I am running Linux Mint 19.1 Mate on a computer running kiosk software. For the love of all things I cannot get it to stop putting the display to sleep. I have set Control Center Power Management ...
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sleep command delay grossly inaccurate (VM)
I need to use sleep in a shell script, so I tried it out in a terminal, but the delays it produces are inconsistent and very inaccurate. For example sleep 3 produces a delay close to 20 seconds. These ...
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Pop! OS wakes up from suspend with a black screen
Release: 20.04, Gnome. Without grub. On a Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 (2020) 2-in-1. I found this thread advising to edit the grub file, but this distro doesn't have grub. Is there a similar file I could ...
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Verbose sleep command that displays pending time seconds/minutes?
sleep command can be used to introduce a delay. e.g. sleep 5 will sleep for 5 seconds.
Is there any alternative/way/method that will display the pending seconds on the terminal?
output like
resuming ...
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Disabled ipv6, but the setting doesn't persist after sleep
I added these lines to a .conf file in the directory /etc/sysctl.d
net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1
I then do sudo systemctl ...
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cron starts ev. min script, that sleeps some times for 1200s
I wrote a script, that sleeps some times for 1200s.
That script must be executed through cron every minute.
If my script pauses 1200s, will cron still start a new process?
If so, how can I set this to ...
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Press ENTER to continue
I want to know if there is any way to make my script stop until the user hits the Enter key, but without using the command read, just by the options of stty.
I was wondering a code for this and got ...
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Errors running "nordvpn connect" on Wake from Suspend
I'm running Pop!_OS, a Ubuntu based OS, and I want to run nordvpn disconnect before suspend and nordvpn connect after suspend. I'm using code from this arch linux wiki and can't get the nordvpn ...
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Fedora/ Gnome: Disable sleep when undocking
Ask: I am looking for a way to stop my Fedora 32 notebook from going to sleep when I remove the external monitor (lid is always closed, it is always plugged in)
Use case: I have a WFH setup where I ...
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Can't exec mplayer as a background process
If I give a command like:
$ mplayer ~/sounds/mysound.wav
then it works and plays a sound. If I sleep before playing the sound, then it also works:
$ sleep 5s && mplayer ~/sounds/mysound.wav
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bash script: fixed sleep time is adding up in while loop
I am new to bash scripting and started out with a few sample scripts.
One is:
#!/bin/bash
SECONDS=5
i=1
while true
do
echo "`date`: Loop $i"
i=$(( $i+1 ))
sleep $SECONDS
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How to measure total cumulative time spent in sleep()?
I am analyzing a tool written in bash and python. The call from the top traverses through many layers of bash and python programs. The time to completion is in the order of hours (4-5 hours). In these ...
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Kubuntu 20.04 randomly will not turn screen on when resuming from sleep
lspci -k output: https://pastebin.com/AhGX7SKd
Computer Type: Laptop: Lenovo E585
GPU: Vega 10
CPU: Ryzen 7 2700U
RAM: 8gb
Operating System & Version: Kubuntu 20.04, manjaro 20.0, xubuntu ...
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ps command output, WCHAN column '-' for all processes
ps axo ppid,pid,stat,wchan,cmd outputs - for the WCHAN column for all processes, including the ones in sleep, on Debian bullseye, did I do something wrong?
BTW, wchan shows 'the kernel function in ...
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pause a program (bash script) to a certain time
I want to pause a certain bash script for 30 minutes. Right now I use sleep 1800 but that doesn't take into account time the laptop might be in suspend (sleep) state. Is there way to achieve this?
If,...
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why ps not see sleep process?
I creart the first terminal , then I use "sleep 1000 &" and I found it by "ps".
The problem is when I creat the second terminal and put "ps" ,there is no sleep process.
I want to know why ?
(my ...
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How to get sleep time of a program
I am trying to collect some statistics for a script that I run on a daily bases. I would like to get the amount of time that is actually spent sleeping. Is there a way to just get the sum of all sleep ...
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poll for the right output of a command
completely new to bash so any assistance is much appreciated. I'm looking for a script to do the following, its a pretty simple script but I cant seem to get it:
I want to run a command, this command ...
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Kubuntu 19.10 black screen after wake up
I just got a new Laptop at work and installed a clean Kubuntu 19.10 on it. There is this problem: everytime I close the lid and reopen in or put it in sleep mode manually and attempt to wake it up, ...
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How to disable systemd-logind from watching hardware keys?
This laptop is acting as a server, so these are not only completely irrelevant and unnecessary, but also a serious PITA because the server was suspending when I closed the lid. I've set them to "...
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