MBWE doesn't go into standby anymore after openvpn (optware) installation

Summary:

Installed optware, then configured openvpn; everything working fine except that now drive doesn't go into standby anymore...

MBWE doesn't go into standby anymore after openvpn (optware) installation

osunax 01 Apr 2011 22:20

Hello folks,

I managed to successfully configure openvpn on my drive following instructions here. This required previous installation of optware which I also managed successfully through this link. BTW, thanks so much for such beautifully written and easy to follow instructions!

So, the only thing really bothering me so far is that I've noticed my drive no longer goes into standby when not in use. Just in case, no established openvpn connections left idle at all…

I wonder if the cause is openvpn itself or something else from optware. Any leads? Anyone experiencing this issue?

Thanks a bunch!

Re: MBWE doesn't go into standby anymore after openvpn (optware) installation

osunax 08 Apr 2011 15:41

So, just in case someone is interested, I will reply to myself ;)

Yes, openvpn and smart spindown basically refuse to be friends… and I definitely don't wanna have my disk spinning while I don't need vpn access.

I found this forum post which seems to be a good solution for those using the Access Book feature… I don't want to install Access Book, so I just installed perl (from optware), enabled and configured cgi in lighttpd and wrote very simple perl scripts which (using the system command) allow me to execute shell command on my drive just by clicking on predefined html links to each script. Everything is of course under an authenticated web environment… Now I'm happy :)