2009/10/21 Albert Hopkins <mar...@letterboxes.org>: > On Tue, 2009-10-20 at 20:14 -0400, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: >> I've enabled suspend-to-disk in the kernel. When I issue the >> command >> "echo disk > /sys/power/state", it suspends but *IMMEDIATELY* reboots >> and comes back up again. The session restores properly from the swap >> drive, so at least that part works. What can I do to keep it sleeping >> until I power up again? > > Ok I'm going to address this issue. You specified multiple issues in > your email. I think it's better to split each issue into its own > posting. It's simpler easier to work with one problem at a time and > also replies to postings on different issues don't get all garbled > up/confusing in archive searches. > > Ok the echo trick isn't the recommended way to suspend to disk. A > better way is to use "pm-hibernate --quirks" (pm-hibernate is from the > pm-utils packages). The --quirks option will try to handle any, well, > quirks that are known with your hardware. echo'ing to /sys/power/state > is a little more low-level and could be iffy on some types of hardware. > > You should also check dmesg. More than likely there is a kernel error > that explains why it failed to suspend completely.
Or use hibernate -v4 from a root terminal to see any error messages. -- Regards, Mick
