/proc/acpi/sleep

[Globe Trotter]

--- Satish Balay <balay at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, Globe Trotter wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to find out how /proc/acpi/sleep works and what needs to be fed
> in.
> > For instance, Satish wrote in a previous e-mail that
> >
> > $ echo 3 > /proc/acpi/sleep
> >
> > should make my notebook go to sleep. Well, it does, but it does not wake
> up:
> > indeed, it has to be resuscitated, and even repaired using the rescue disk
> at
> > reboot.
> >
> > I am wondering if there are other options available and what which does.
> Can
> > someone please point me in the correct direction?
> >
> > Thanks and best wishes!
> 
> Well - if APM works - use it instead of ACPI. Thats what I do for a
> Thinkpad T40.
> 
> Satish
> 

Actually, it seems that FC2's kernel is not compiled with apm support. 

apmsleep +10:00
apmsleep: Your kernel does not support APM.
apmsleep: Recompile kernel with APM and /dev/rtc support



Also, I think this is a good opportunity to know of acpi. So if someone can
point me to it, that would be really very helpful!

Best wishes!!


	
		
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