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Hi there I'm trying to make an old Dell Latitude D505 running OpenSuse 11.3 LXDE download torrents at night between 2 and 6 AM (when I have free bandwidth), but ...
  1. 10-17-2010 #1
    JBorneu
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    Schedule hibernate & program start?

    Hi there

    I'm trying to make an old Dell Latitude D505 running OpenSuse 11.3 LXDE download torrents at night between 2 and 6 AM (when I have free bandwidth), but I'm failing at a couple very basic things. The solution is probably very simple, but I can't find it.

    First: How can I schedule Transmission to start every day at 2AM? I tried with Crontab (using VCron), but I think I'm using the wrong command. When I type "transmission" in a terminal it launches transmission, but when I make a crontab entry with "transmission", nothing happens. Do I need to type the full path to the transmission executable? If so, how can I find that? Or is the problem more likely to have something to do with permissions?

    Second: Is it possible to schedule hibernation? If so, what command should I use?

    Thanks for your time
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  2. 10-19-2010 #2
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    Seriously? Not a single reply? Is this really so hard? Or is it too basic to bother explaining?
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    try putting a space and an & at the end of the command to force it as a new process/thread.
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  4. 10-23-2010 #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by gogalthorp View Post
    try putting a space and an & at the end of the command to force it as a new process/thread.
    Didn't work. Thanks though.
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  5. 10-23-2010 #5
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    Have you tried using the full path? Are you sure cron is running?
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