On Fri, 06 Jan 2017 06:54:29 +0100 solitone <solit...@mail.com> wrote:
>On Friday, January 6, 2017 11:11:45 AM CET Keith Bainbridge wrote: >> Ummm, why turn the monitor off first? > >I use KDE's power management tool to e.g. dim the screen after 5 minutes, >switch the screen off after 10 mins, suspend to RAM after 20 mins, and >hibernate to disk when I close the lid. > >If I leave the computer inactive for more than 10 minutes and then I close the >lid, the system will hibernate. When I resume it, the monitor will be switched >off at the end of the resume process. > >> I use suspend rather than hibernate, on a macbook 4,1 and just close the >> lid. > >Yes, but I'd rather take advantage of all the energy saving options that are >available. Booting up is so quick on a MacBookPro 12,1 that you may well use >hibernate rather than suspend, and resume the system in few seconds. > If you suspend to RAM, then hibernate, what happens if you do not suspend to RAM first? -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]