On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 22:43 -0700, Pingveno wrote: > I'm trying to get software suspend to work on my computer. While > configuring my kernel, I added in support for software suspend aka > hibernate. Alas, I have no idea what command to run to suspend the computer. > > gentoo-wiki.com has an article on software suspend 2, which is > apparently a more advanced version than what is in the regular sources. > I started to follow the directions, but I noticed that there is an > ebuild required, suspend2-sources, that is either a patch utility or a > completely new set of kernel sources. Currently, I don't really care all > that much about extra features from a new version of software suspend; I > just want to get it to work. A full set of kernel sources would be > rather undesirable, so I'd rather not going down that road. What would > be the best plan of action?
Check out the 1st edition of the MyOSS Magazine available at http://mag.my-opensource.org which carries a detailed howto on getting started with software suspend2 and what's more, it's Gentoo Oriented so you'll feel right at home. Edition 2 is coming out on June 1 and among the articles featured is "Open Source Power Management" > > -Pingveno > > -- > Linux User #340304 > -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 14:00:31 up 1 day, 20:24, 5 users, load average: 0.59, 0.36, 0.22 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
