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@evgandr this was on my todo list to checkout, so very timely for me! Thank you, I'll read it and try it out

@ax6761 thanks, I went with anacron: easy to setup, and now I can make full use of other periodic scripts.

@djfiander I think this is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a lot!

I'm back with another #FreeBSD question, specifically about `periodic`. I'd like to use `periodic daily` to occasionally scrub my ZFS pools by setting `daily_scrub_zfs_enable` to `"YES"` in `/etc/periodic.conf`. This works great on a server, because it's always on, but not so great on my laptop, because the cron is scheduled at night. I could change the time, but then it'll only run if my laptop is on at the right time.

Is there a way to schedule this so the `periodic` crons are run after booting, in case there are "missed" runs? What is the recommended approach here, use e.g. Xfce's autostart applications for this?

Thanks for reading

#cron #periodic #zfs

@stefano thank you, that's something to search for. I've found https://obiw.ac/s0ix/ and now have some "light reading" ahead

I'm trying to get suspend/resume working on my laptop. Normally the #FreeBSD Handbook is great, but now it's a bit sparse. I'm following https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/config/#_suspendresume and `% sysctl hw.acpi.supported_sleep_state` gives only S4 and S5. Is that "the end" or is there more to try?
Laptop: Thinkpad T14 Gen 2i (20W0004DMH).
Thank you!

@daj thanks, I'll try to write something after I've set everything up again. I'm liking it so far.

@marios I went with the safe and comfy combo of xfce, xddm and x11. I theme it a bit and it looks great and has a great performance as well.

@pauliehedron it's a "ThinkPad T14 Gen 2i 20W0004DMH" with "Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6E(802.11ax) AX210/AX1675* 2x2 [Typhoon Peak]" wifi. Freebsd 15. Hope it helps, did you have wifi troubles in the past?

@pauliehedron so far, so good: worked out of the box, and am now restoring my backup with ~50-90 Mbps from Hetzner (according to the router, that is).

And we have a working desktop! Next steps, restore files from backup and configure everything. So far, so good.

Please keep your fingers crossed for me, I'm installing #FreeBSD on my laptop for the first time

@stefano to err is human, you are forgiven