Real ram or hard drive suspend like suspend/hibernate in windows may be what you really want. I havn't used it and I've heard that it isn't easy but the site is:
http://softwaresuspend.berlios.de Jordan On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 20:45:30 -0600, Phillip Hellewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I followed Phillip's instruction and got the powernow-k7 module working on > > my laptop. Thanks! > > You're welcome :) > > > I then went to /proc/cpufreq and changed it into powersave mode. I also > > turned on "laptop_mode" by changing /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode from a 0 to a > > 1. I am very happy that my fan is not on all the time after I have made > > these changes. > > Tell me about it. My fan was SOOOO noisy... Don't even get me started. > > > The problem is... ONE of the problems is that when I reboot I have to do > > it all again. Why is this not permanent and how do I make it so? Do I > > have to write a script? > > Yep, a script would work. You can learn about the /etc/init.d and > /etc/rc?.d directories and runlevels and so forth if you want. > > Also, there is a program called acpid that can monitor acpi events and > execute a script when something happens, like when you plug/unplug it or > when you open/close the lid, or when you press the power button. > > > Also, does anybody know of any good tutorials about putting a Fedora 1 > > laptop running ACPI into suspend and/or sleep mode? I have not found a > > good one yet, but I will keep looking if nobody knows of one. > > With 2.6 kernel you want to play with the /sys/power/state file. With > 2.4 kernel you want to play with the /proc/acpi/sleep file. Take a look > at this web page: > > http://acpi.sourceforge.net/documentation/sleep.html > > Good luck, > Phillip > > -- > Phillip Hellewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies > > > > > _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
