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  From: Sven Kirmess <sven.kirmess@gmx.net>
  To  : Craig Markwardt <apmd-list@worldvisions.ca>
  Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 17:56:06 +0100

Re: Suspend to RAM

Thursday, November 04, 1999, 5:05:02 PM, Craig wrote:

> > Does the apmd support STR (Suspend to RAM) for STR-able boards
> > like the ASUS P3B-F?

> It *should*, if the board conforms to the APM specification.

> The most important thing is to be sure that your Linux kernel is
> compiled with APM support. I think it is usually *not* in most
> commercial Linuces for compatibility reasons.

> The second most important thing is to have the apmd package. It's
> not necessary to run the apmd daemon, which provides battery logging
> and more flexible event handling. The package also contains the
> "apm" command which has options like "--standby" and "--suspend", so
> you can suspend by hand if you need.

AFAIK suspend is only a powersaving mode, but the system sill works.
With suspend to RAM the system consumes only about 5 W. It's
comparable to Suspend to disk, but the RAM isn't copied to the disk.

The Suspend mode usees normaly abut 50 W.

Or am I wrong?


 Sven

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