>> >On the old web site at:
>> >
>> >http://acpi.sourceforge.net/documentation/sleep.html
>> >
>> >it talks about for 2.6 kernel the system sleep state
>> >can be controlled via /sys/power/state but nowhere on
>> >the new lesswatts.org site does it say ANYTHING about
>> >how to actually controlling the system or how to put
>> >it into any of the available sleep states. Is this still
>> >a valid way to control this or is this a outmoded means of
>> >accomplishing anything or only available/implemented on
>> >laptops for instance? I have a Dell laptop with Intel Core2
>> >Duo cpu and I see this /sys file on the system with a
>> >2.6.24.2 kernel but on a server I am experimenting with
>> >that has SLES10SP1 installed with a 2.6.16.46 kernel
>> >with Intel Xeon E5335 cpus I do not see this /sys file.
>> >I have checked the kernel boot line in grub menu.lst but
>> >there is nothing there turning off acpi.

If /sys/power/state doesn't exist, look for /proc/acpi/sleep,
which was an older inteface to do this.  It takes 3, for S3 etc.

David is right, most servers's don't export support for S3.

BTW. the [EMAIL PROTECTED] is the Linux/ACPI mailing list.

cheers,
-Len

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