control: found -1 1.4.1-9
control: severity -1 important

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:21:36 -0500 from Daniel Kahn Gillmor:
> But pm-suspend-hybrid doesn't work as expected:  it can resume from sleep,
> but after a power loss it does a full reboot instead of restoring from 
> hibernation.

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 07:04:18 +0100 from Michael Biebl:
> I guess you are not using the uswsusp backend. The kernel implementation
> of suspend-hybrid works as follows:
> 
> suspend-to-ram
> sleep for 15 min (configurable via PM_HIBERNATE_DELAY=)
> wake up and hibernate
> 
> the uswsusp suspend-hybrid implementation works differently, it does:
> create a hibernate image, but don't hibernate
> suspend to ram
> if battery does not run out: return from suspend
> if battery runs out: return from hibernate (image) as soon as power is
> back on
> 
> 
> So, the described behaviour (given you use the kernel backend) is not
> buggy, it just works differently and probably needs better documentation.

As of pm-utils 1.4.1-9, pm-action man page describes hybrid-suspend behavior
for uswsusp mode only.

It can lead to misunderstanding and data loss.

By the way, pm-utils package neither recommends nor suggests uswsusp.


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Best wishes, Bob

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