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Voyn1x 05-13-2009 07:58 PM
Scheduling a Hack to Start Up
 
I found out this morning that I could get my hack to startup at a set time from full power off by setting the schedule within Energy Saver.

I'm sure I tried this before in the past and it didn't work. Maybe it's something to do with the Voodoo kernel i'm not sure, but suffice to say i'm a very happy man. :D

I'm interested to know how many people this works for?

erick2red 05-13-2009 08:05 PM
i already know, and right now not tested, but previously with my old Kalyway 10.5.1, it did.

Quote:
new Voodoo kernel
What this means?

Voyn1x 05-13-2009 08:13 PM
Post edited. I wasn't implying that there was a new release or anything, just the advent of a kernel rebuilt for pcs. I'm surprised it works, i thought it would require a real macs EFI.

Ali C. 05-13-2009 08:38 PM
I didn't expect it to work either, but sure enough, at the correct time, surprise, surprise, it booted itself.
Perhaps something in the EFI emulation sets up the "turn on at set time" in the BIOS? That would be my guess.

naquaada 05-13-2009 09:02 PM
Hehe, time schedule has another influence on my system: It resets the BIOS to default settings :D
System is installed on partition 2, XxX Final 2 10.5.6 using Adys 9.6.0 kernel. On 10.5.3 with 9.3.0 modbin kernel happens nothing. But I still have the 2 hr time difference problem and I don't know if the Engery Saving settings must be different, I'm always turning off all options in there.

BTW, what Engery Saver icon do you have? A normal light bulb or an energy saving light bulb?

Ali C. 05-13-2009 09:06 PM
Oh now that (potentially) sucks. But it confirms this must fiddle with the BIOS in order to start itself up. But apparently the kernel has to be "special" (Voodoo or Vanilla) in order to modify the EFI/BIOS.

naquaada 05-13-2009 09:18 PM
I don't need auto-starting or energy saving options... The computer is on when I switch it on and it only goes off when I switch it off. I don't see a need for sleep mode on desktop machines.

NebKiwi 05-13-2009 10:21 PM
Works!
 
Working here :) I am very surprised :D

SaCleoCheater 05-13-2009 10:25 PM
I ain't gonna try it unless I know it's safe.

A kernel that tinkers with the BIOS? wew.

cmdshft 05-13-2009 10:40 PM
I tried this, it corrupted the saved settings in my CMOS (returned a bad checksum in BIOS), so I had to go back in and set everything back.