David_Partridge
July 31st, 2016, 02:36 PM
After modifying the powernap service settings to be compatible with 16.04, I was able to start powernap OK
Unfortunately, it isn't possible to stop it!
root@Charon:/var/log# powernapd
root@Charon:/var/log# cat powernap.log
2016-07-30_15:34:19 INFO Starting powernap
root@Charon:/var/log# ps -ef | grep powernap
root 12398 1 1 15:34 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/sbin/powernapd
root 12602 4695 0 15:34 pts/1 00:00:00 grep --color=auto powernap
root@Charon:/var/log# kill 12398
root@Charon:/var/log# cat powernap.log
2016-07-30_15:34:19 INFO Starting powernap
2016-07-30_15:34:46 INFO Stopping powernap
root@Charon:/var/log# ps -ef | grep powernap
root 12398 1 0 15:34 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/sbin/powernapd
root 12732 4695 0 15:35 pts/1 00:00:00 grep --color=auto powernap
root@Charon:/var/log#
As you can see it logs a message saying "Stopping powernap" when sent a signal, but doesn't go away!
Cheers
Dave
Unfortunately, it isn't possible to stop it!
root@Charon:/var/log# powernapd
root@Charon:/var/log# cat powernap.log
2016-07-30_15:34:19 INFO Starting powernap
root@Charon:/var/log# ps -ef | grep powernap
root 12398 1 1 15:34 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/sbin/powernapd
root 12602 4695 0 15:34 pts/1 00:00:00 grep --color=auto powernap
root@Charon:/var/log# kill 12398
root@Charon:/var/log# cat powernap.log
2016-07-30_15:34:19 INFO Starting powernap
2016-07-30_15:34:46 INFO Stopping powernap
root@Charon:/var/log# ps -ef | grep powernap
root 12398 1 0 15:34 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/sbin/powernapd
root 12732 4695 0 15:35 pts/1 00:00:00 grep --color=auto powernap
root@Charon:/var/log#
As you can see it logs a message saying "Stopping powernap" when sent a signal, but doesn't go away!
Cheers
Dave