On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 06:03:31PM -0500, Ben Scott wrote: > A recent review[1] of the Asus Eee PC stated (paraphrased): Power > management on Linux sucks.
I haven't read the review, but I agree with the statement that power management on Linux sucks. > Turning off the CRT was about it. S3 (suspend-to-RAM) was often > prevented by drivers. S4 (suspend-to-disk) was experimental, > unstable, and/or just plain didn't work. > > Can anyone who has played with this more recently comment on how a > modern Linux distro does on today's hardware? I've had scripts to successfully 'hibernate' (suspend to disk) my laptops for years, working at least as far back as 2.4-series kernels. I have yet to see suspend to RAM work on Linux anywhere. > I'm especially interested in how it fares for someone like me, who > prefers to run a traditional *nix window manager and logon, without > session management and a desktop environment and a bunch of extra > daemons and so on. I fit that description. If you want my hibernate scripts, let me know and I'll pack them up when I get home tonight. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenPGP KeyID 0x57C3430B Holder of Past Knowledge CS, O- "If I had but one life to give for my country, I'd pick somebody I really, really dislike." Tidewater Joe _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/