• KaninchenSpeed@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    10 hours ago

    I hope they add the ability to turn the computer on even if it is completely shut off. That would make keeping my family’s computers updated much easier.

    That’s probably not possible, but you could do it with a microcontroller and a relay bridging the power switch.

    • Björn TantauOPA
      2·
      3 hours ago

      If you read the corresponding feature request it actually seems to be pretty easy. They were just arguing about implementation details.

      Windows has supposedly also done this for a while now.

      Of course it depends on hardware capabilities. But I guess it’s common enough now.

      Edit: This is actually trivial to implement with the rtcwake command. Usually available in linux-utils or similar packages. rtcwake --list-modes shows you what modes your system supports.

      Edit 2: Like, this is beyond trivial. Just echo the desired waketime as a Unix timestamp to /sys/class/rtc/*/wakealarm and you’re set. Doesn’t matter if the system is just sleeping or turned off entirely.

      Edit 3: But waking from power down seems not to be supported on the Steam Deck. Only from suspend.