Bug#299901: provide better means to handle multiple suspend methods

2005-03-17 Thread martin f krafft
Package: hibernate Version: 1.05-1 Severity: wishlist Most of the time I use suspend2 to suspend my laptop. Every now and then, sysfs-mem is enough though. To be able to enter both states at will without having to change the configuration script, I have to maintain two of them and call

Bug#299901: provide better means to handle multiple suspend methods

2005-03-17 Thread Bernard Blackham
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 07:12:23PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: Most of the time I use suspend2 to suspend my laptop. Every now and then, sysfs-mem is enough though. To be able to enter both states at will without having to change the configuration script, I have to maintain two of them and

Bug#299901: provide better means to handle multiple suspend methods

2005-03-17 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Bernard Blackham [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005.03.17.1058 +0100]: Do you mean having several suspend methods enabled in the config file, and selecting one at runtime? Yes. With a default. I'm not such a fan of this, personally. Why not? -- .''`. martin f. krafft [EMAIL

Bug#299901: provide better means to handle multiple suspend methods

2005-03-17 Thread Bernard Blackham
On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 12:49:16PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Bernard Blackham [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005.03.17.1058 +0100]: Do you mean having several suspend methods enabled in the config file, and selecting one at runtime? Yes. With a default. I'm not such a fan of this,

Bug#299901: provide better means to handle multiple suspend methods

2005-03-17 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Bernard Blackham [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005.03.17.1509 +0100]: Because the includes solution seems much cleaner, and makes for much more readable config files (IMHO). True, but it calls for a second binary, e.g. hibernate-suspend, which you then must install to /usr/local if not

Bug#299901: provide better means to handle multiple suspend methods

2005-03-17 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Bernard Blackham [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005.03.17.1613 +0100]: Are you aware that you can use the -F option to hibernate? eg: hibernate -F /etc/hibernate/ram.conf yes, i am. But if I can do this, I wonder why hibernate-ram can also be used. Sometimes I prefer to have just one way of

Bug#299901: provide better means to handle multiple suspend methods

2005-03-17 Thread Bernard Blackham
On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 04:53:11PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Bernard Blackham [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005.03.17.1613 +0100]: Are you aware that you can use the -F option to hibernate? eg: hibernate -F /etc/hibernate/ram.conf yes, i am. But if I can do this, I wonder why

Bug#299901: provide better means to handle multiple suspend methods

2005-03-17 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Bernard Blackham [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005.03.17.1743 +0100]: Both are clearly documented in the man page, and supported. The -F is obvious, and the hibernate-* method a convenience. The latter method was suggested for standardisation -