Hello Fritz,
Hibernating computer to disk will make snapshot of RAM to Harddrive, and power 
off computer.So, power cost is zero using hibernating. Resume after hibernation 
will get you computer in same state as was left, except clock will be actual.
 
Suspend to RAM will only cancel scheduller for processes, disable some 
periphetials and leave computer in hot state (usually with blinking status 
led). This will consume some power, and that is bad on batteries which are 
older than 10 years. Power PC machines had stopped sale at ~ 2001, 15 years 
ago. You can chek power consumption using wattmetter if suspend to ram will 
make sense.
 
If you want to use hibernation, then please check my older emails. I had described small 
how to enable it. Keyword for searching is "resume".
 
PS: Lubuntu had not forgott hibernation. Hibernation in Linux was disabled due 
to faulty binary device drivers from some vendors. Lubuntu is affected by that 
issues.
 
Peter.
 
______________________________________________________________
Od: Fritz Hudnut <este.el....@gmail.com>
Komu: Peter Golis <gol...@centrum.sk>
Dátum: 09.05.2016 01:34
Predmet: Re: [lubuntu-users] Does the computer support "suspend"?

CC: <israeld...@gmail.com, lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com>

On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 3:43 AM, Peter Golis <gol...@centrum.sk 
<gol...@centrum.sk>> wrote:
Hello Gentlemans,
As first, do you talk about Suspend to RAM or hibernation to disk?
 
Suspend to ram does not have big sense on laptop which have battery older than 10 years, 
but hibernation to disk will make sense. There is no entry in lxde-logout for 
hibernation, and I believe that button will exist in LXQT. Hibernation works on my PPC 
box without any issue, but using standard command line "systemctl hibernate". 
Kernel parameter for resume partition is required, of course.
 
Peter.


@Peter:

Thanks for the post, to be honest, after I ran the first "sudo pm-is-supported --hibernate" and got no response, I didn't check it with the "echo" 
command . . . .  This is a desktop, but possibly knowing the distinction, it would be "hibernate" that might be closer to OSX's "sleep" mode?  Seems 
like in "suspend" the computer either gets "hot" or stays as hot as when it is running, so it doesn't seem to be using less power than when it is 
running . . . it's like "holding its breath" and there is some "tension" in the system--i.e., the computer isn't exactly "at rest" in 
suspend . . . .

Possibly with hibernate there might be more systemic "rest"?  I think one of the "kind" posters on the Ubuntu Apple User forum rather gruffly suggested that 12.04 would "hibernate" even though it wouldn't "suspend" . . . which it did do in PPC . . . seems like that "talent" has been lost in Xenial?
Perhaps I'll try out the "echo" phrase for "hibernate" specifically when I get back to that partition, but, 
then, what is needed to "revive" out of "hibernate"???  Again, in OSX all I have to do to revive from sleep 
is click the mouse or hit a key and we are "awake."  : - )

F
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