[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In suspend mode is the RAM refresher the only thing running? > Does hard drive and fan still run? > > The reason I'm asking is I want to know if this is > adequate to make may laptop last years by just > suspending and never turning it off. > > BTW, suspend was as easy for me as doing this as root... > > echo -n mem > /sys/power/state
This eats the battery. I use echo -n disk > /sys/power/state Then I can leave the system unplugged for hours. I can even take the battery out, and put a fresh one in. Suspending to memory is a lot faster in coming back up, though. -john -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
