CCing the pm-utils list for more input. Holger
On Sun 11. Mar - 11:22:21, Holger Macht wrote: > On Sun 11. Mar - 01:13:09, Tim Dijkstra wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Both suspend.sf.net and suspend2 have a notion of s2both. That is, > > before suspending to ram, the state of the system is saved to disk just > > like would happen for hibernate. > > This has the obvious benefit of being able to resume in case you > > deplete your batteries while you laptop is suspended. > > > > I think it would really be useful to have the possibility to do that > > instead of plain s2ram when one suspends. We can of course just make > > use of the possibility in pm-utils when it is available, but I guess a > > checkbox in g-p-m would be nice. For that to work we also need another > > attribute in hal. > > > > Comments? > > Yes, something like this would be nice, indeed. Thanks for bringing this > up. But rather then a checkbox or the like, I think something more > intelligent is suitable for gpm. For instance, when the system is already > low on battery, like < 10%, and the user is about to do a suspend to ram, > he should be warned that the system could run out of battery during > sleep. In this case, one could automatically offer an option to do a > suspend to both. These are implementation details for the higher level > applications of course. > > Ok, what we already have is this: > > power_management.can_hibernate = true (bool) > power_management.can_suspend = true (bool) > > These values are just a reflexion of what the kernel thinks, namely > /sys/power/state. Another key like > > power_management.can_suspend_to_both = true (bool) > > would be needed. This key would come from userland though, so it can't be > treated like the others. So what about pm-utils installing a fdi file > containing the xml rule to add this key and to execute a script like the > ones from hibernate and suspend (hal-system-power-hibernate, etc.). Would > this be feasible? > > Regards, > Holger > _______________________________________________ > hal mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/hal _______________________________________________ Pm-utils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/pm-utils
