Am Samstag 18 August 2007 20:01:15 schrieb Walter Dnes: > This is getting frustrating. All my searching turns up stuff that > involves responding to some "event" that is triggered by closing the lid > on a laptop. That is obviously not going to happen on a desktop PC. > I've got a few reasons for wanting the desktop to suspend, or at least > sleep... > > 1) Save wear and tear on the drive for the major part of the day when > I'm not using the machine > > 2) Ontario (especially Toronto) runs close to the limit of electrical > capacity during hot summer days and the authorities want us to conserve > > 3) Did I mention that I've just moved to a newer condo, where every > suite is on their own electrical meter<g> ? > > Normal rebooting is a pain, because I usually run with 3 or 4 text > consoles logged in for different functions, as well as an X session. So > what do I have to do to get a *DESKTOP* PC to suspend to disk (preferred) > or to ram (second choice)? > > --
My tip: Use suspend2-sources (AFAIK normal gentoo-sources+suspend2 patch) and sys-apps/suspend2-userui. They come with nice hibernate and hibernate-ram scripts. I think there is a howto somewhere, just google (or use google's chache if the wiki is still down). I'm sure you can bind these scripts to pressing the power button with acpi but I don't know how. I use a hotkey and sudo-settings for that. Hibernate (suspend to disk) should work fine as long as there are no critical drivers. Hibernate-ram might or might not work.
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