Free time scheduling in Ubuntu

[cool_techie_tvm]

Wohoo !! I succeeded in automating the whole process..i tested it and its working fine... here is my crontab

10 2 * * * pon dsl-provider  # BSNL Connect, 
11 2 * * * DISPLAY=:0.0 /usr/bin/deluge # Deluge, 
55 7 * * * poff dsl-provider # BSNL Disconnect,

Thanks to everyone, especially to prakash for pointing me to the right thread..

 

[praka123]

^congrats

 

[Rahim]

Thanks praka bhai tusi great ho!!!
It was so easy( after getting the guidance here).

 

[abhi_10_20]

bump

Could you help me out in doing all these with crontab:

1. hibernate(off)- 12:15 am
2. power on- 2 am
3. dsl on- 2 05 am
4. azureus on- 2 10 am
5. azureus close- 7 45 am
6. dsl off- 8 am
7. hibernate(off)- 8:05 am

can we automate all these?

 

[abhinandh]

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1. hibernate(off)- 12:15 am
2. power on- 2 am

those two need to be done from the BIOS.
search for scheduling featres in your BIOS if they exist.

3. dsl on- 2 05 am
4. azureus on- 2 10 am
5. azureus close- 7 45 am
6. dsl off- 8 am
7. hibernate(off)- 8:05 am

they can be configured from gnome-schedule(install it from repos)
or you can do it through CLI as mentioned above in this thread.

 

[mehulved]

You maybe able to use *ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=329902 for 1 and 7
for 3 to 6

crontab -e

It will open a file, it should look like this

5 2 * * * pon dsl-provider
10 2 * * * env DISPLAY=:0. azureus
45 7 * * * killall -HUP azureus
0 8 * * * poff dsl-provider

I am assuming you use pon, poff for connection and disconnection
I don't have azureus or ubuntu so I don't know the path to azureus, it would be a better idea to give the whole path.
And reading the appropriate man pages would have provided you all these answers
Or a search on your favourite search engine.
Only thing I have no idea about is how to automatically wake up from hibernate.

Also, see *ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=313884 for query #2

 

[abhi_10_20]

thanks.... from what i learnt, its impossible to auto power on using crontab...bcoz cron itself needs a manual system start to up and run. So....only thing left out is by the BIOS.... i explored there....but dint find any option like that... only had 'wake on lan' but my comp is not connected to any lan......any other ideas ?

 

[Vivek788]

hey i use crontab..and shutdown at 7.58 but as long as modem remains on..they take that much time as extra and divide total usage by time..i lost abt 800mb this month..help