Carl Lowenstein wrote: > On 6/8/06, John H. Robinson, IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >[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. > > > > Obligatory dumb question: what do you do to resume?
Turn the power on. -john -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
