>> >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 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.lesswatts.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
