How to suspend and hibernate a laptop under Linux (Linux.com) [LWN.net]

Linux.com looks at suspend and hibernate on a Linux laptop. "Many people prefer working with laptops instead of desktops for the flexibility they offer. Some of them would also like to switch to a free and open source operating system like GNU/Linux and have their laptop do all the things that proprietary OSes offer, such as suspending their laptops. Several distributions try to make this work out of the box, but knowing what's under the hood always comes in handy, particularly when something goes wrong and needs fixing. Let's take a look at how to suspend and hibernate your laptop under Linux."

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Hmm, modern distros already do this

Posted Jun 7, 2006 1:45 UTC (Wed) by mattdm (subscriber, #18) [Link]

Or you could read the entire paragraph quoted above.

Hmm, modern distros already do this

Posted Jun 7, 2006 9:03 UTC (Wed) by jond (subscriber, #37669) [Link]

Impressive :) I wonder if we need a new acronym to go alongside RTFA...

It's RTFB ...

Posted Jun 7, 2006 13:43 UTC (Wed) by hummassa (subscriber, #307) [Link]

as in RTF Blurb.

Hmm, modern distros already do this

Posted Jun 7, 2006 18:01 UTC (Wed) by Burgundavia (subscriber, #25172) [Link]

The article is not "How suspend works on Linux" and thus gives the impression that suspend requires hacking. I was merely emphasizing that it does not.

Hmm, modern distros already do this

Posted Jun 7, 2006 8:15 UTC (Wed) by DYN_DaTa (guest, #34072) [Link]

Ubuntu fanboys, tsk, tsk ... :P

Hmm, obsolete laptop already did this

Posted Jun 7, 2006 11:13 UTC (Wed) by ballombe (subscriber, #9523) [Link]

Or you could buy a old laptop with APM suspend-to-disk support,
and you would not even have to think about drivers, just press
the button. Work flawlessly for me since 1998.

Hmm, obsolete laptop already did this

Posted Jun 8, 2006 18:54 UTC (Thu) by tjw.org (guest, #20716) [Link]

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Or you could buy a old laptop with APM suspend-to-disk support,
and you would not even have to think about drivers, just press
the button. Work flawlessly for me since 1998.
</blockquote>

No doubt. My good old Sony 505TR suspends and wakes in a fraction of the time of any ACPI machine I've ever seen. Close the lid, it beeps and sleeps, open the lid and press space bar it beeps and is awake almost instantly, never a problem. I just wish I could have that same exact laptop with a 2.0Ghz cpu in it.

Hmm, modern distros already do this

Posted Jun 8, 2006 16:34 UTC (Thu) by etwilson (guest, #8459) [Link]

Except that I do use Ubuntu and suspend and hibernate don't work for me.

How to suspend and hibernate a laptop under Linux (Linux.com)

Posted Jun 7, 2006 15:45 UTC (Wed) by NightMonkey (subscriber, #23051) [Link]

Works For Me (tm). suspend2 was the only offering that runs reliably and with little fuss for my laptop. Been running solid since kernel 2.6.9. My ThinkPad 600X loves it. ;)

How to suspend and hibernate a laptop under Linux (Linux.com)

Posted Jun 8, 2006 5:03 UTC (Thu) by riteshsarraf (subscriber, #11138) [Link]

I've been using swsusp for around 2 years now on my Compaq Presario 2200
laptop without any problems. Suspend2 is some pain when your root is on
LVM. swsusp is a breeze and safe. It also does Suspend-to-RAM.
It'd be interesting to see what Pavel introduces with ususpend.

User-space software suspend

Posted Jun 9, 2006 15:52 UTC (Fri) by rvfh (subscriber, #31018) [Link]

You mean what Rafael is introducing, with help from Nigel. Pavel just seems anoying more than helpful.

User-space software suspend

Posted Jun 9, 2006 16:58 UTC (Fri) by riteshsarraf (subscriber, #11138) [Link]

No,

Maybe you've not followed the 2006 Linux Power Management Summit.
Pavel has brought up something new called uSwsusp which inherits many of
the features from Software Suspend 2.

This is the link http://sf.net/projects/uswsusp
I'm not sure why it is listed as inactive.