Re: sleeping the system vs hibernate or suspend
On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:08:27 -0600
Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:
> Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> >> briand@aracnet.com wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 08:44:22 -0600
> >>> Javier Vasquez <j.e.vasquez.v@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 1:18 PM, <briand@aracnet.com> wrote:
> >>>>> ...
> >>>>> Someone posted (to this list) a simple command line for
> >>>>> sleeping the system.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ...
> >>>> acpitool -S => suspend to disk (hibernate) => Puts machine
> >>>> into S4. acpitool -s => suspend to ram (sleep) =>
> >>>> Puts machine into S3.
> >>>>
> >>>> man acpitool
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> it is, appropriately, in the acpitool package.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> But do either of the commands work?
> >>
> >
> >
> > I'll be darned... 'acpitool -s' *works from a VT* (not from X).
> > Except I get this from alsa when KUSC is playing with mplayer:
> >
works from X for me. I was *shocked* when I tried it the first time
and it worked.
As you noted, it's very fast, which is why I don't think that there is
any swapping or state-saving going on. I think it just puts things
into a low power state. My guess is that the RAM is running normally,
the CPU is halted, etc...
Brian
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