Bugzilla – Bug 15904
Backup sometimes takes over normal alarm
Last modified: 2010-03-22 08:11:40 UTC
Created attachment 6655 [details] /var/log/messages from the Radio Firmware 7.5.0 r8594 (Although I suspect it also happens in 7.4.2) Connected to SBS 7.5 beta 30374 It seems like the backup alarm sometimes takes over the normal alarm, it think it might be caused by some temporary network disturbances, at least it looks that way from the log. However, it's very irritating since the backup alarm sounds a lot higher than the normal alarm and there is no way to get back to the normal alarm playing nice music after it has switched to the backup alarm. I've attached the /var/log/messages file from the Radio when it happened, the normal alarm was started 06:45 and the backup alarm started to play around 07:25. I've seen the same problem many times, it's probably related to network problems and caused by the fact that my alarm typically runs for about 45 minutes so there is a lot of time during which some network disturbances may happen.
(In reply to comment #0) > Firmware 7.5.0 r8594 (Although I suspect it also happens in 7.4.2) > Connected to SBS 7.5 beta 30374 The same happened to me yesterday on 7.4.2.
If I remember correctly, the radio is put into RTC mode in server disconnection instantly, because on reconnection of the server the alarm typically stops (when not in RTC-mode). As such a server disconnection also could happen right after the alarm started, it would be dangerous not to set the alarm to RTC. So one solution might be to have yet another timeout - how long the 'check alarm running'-mode should be active. Or use the normal 'alarm-timeout'-option with a new 'keep music playing'-option. Then one could have a 5min 'guaranteed' alarm, but the music doesn't stop afterwards. Currently the alarm-mode (including all backup-alarm activities) is on as long as you see the alarm popup, which one should acknowlegde to get back into normal 'music playing I don't care for short dropouts'-mode. (This is by the way one of the reasons I don't like changing the alarm popup to a screensafer, because then you don't know if you are still in alarm-mode or in music-playing-mode)