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by curtispf
Tue Apr 07, 2020 7:57 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: "Waiting for idle" on Manjaro Linux
Replies: 8
Views: 9040

Re: "Waiting for idle" on Manjaro Linux

Thanks very much for the pointer wezh, I hadn't thought about checking the actual service executable. I'm running FAH as a daemonized process using systemctl with the foldingathome AUR package , and after setting idle-seconds as a test to 2, it works perfectly if running FAHClient from a desktop ter...
by curtispf
Tue Mar 31, 2020 10:12 am
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: "Waiting for idle" on Manjaro Linux
Replies: 8
Views: 9040

Re: "Waiting for idle" on Manjaro Linux

Bump :) I know you're all busy at the moment - quite understandably! - but it'd be great to get a look at this when someone has a moment. :D
by curtispf
Tue Mar 24, 2020 9:15 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: "Waiting for idle" on Manjaro Linux
Replies: 8
Views: 9040

Re: "Waiting for idle" on Manjaro Linux

Screensavers aren't built into Linux, they're provided by separate software. The monitor will sleep, but that's provided by the desktop environment and not by the kernel either. I think the kernel has some ACPI features built into it, I'm not sure how those work on desktops rather than laptops thoug...
by curtispf
Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:48 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: "Waiting for idle" on Manjaro Linux
Replies: 8
Views: 9040

Re: "Waiting for idle" on Manjaro Linux

Thanks very much for the reply. I did try having a look through the FAQ, but to be honest I found it virtually impossible to traverse; the number of dead links and pages that apparently exist but don't appear in any of the navigation menus makes it rather confusing. My mouse is on the lowest DPI set...
by curtispf
Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:51 am
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: "Waiting for idle" on Manjaro Linux
Replies: 8
Views: 9040

"Waiting for idle" on Manjaro Linux

Hi there, I have work units assigned, but as I've set FAH to only be folding when the computer is idle, it sits there on "Waiting for idle" for an extensive period of time. In fact, after having been sitting there and listening for my computer GPU fans (which I can definitely hear when it ...