suspend/hibernate in the command line
Leon
sdl.web at gmail.com
Tue Mar 28 02:48:59 UTC 2006
David Zeuthen <david at fubar.dk> writes:
> On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 00:44 +0100, Leon wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I can't find a simple command to suspend/hibernate the
>> computer. Sometimes I leave the computer on with music and want it to
>> go to suspenstion after a certain time. It would be even better if the
>> command doesn't need root privilege. Many thanks.
>
> If you run gnome-power-manager just pressing the "sleep" button on your
> computer or your keyboard should suffice. Otherwise use the
> System->Suspend menu option in GNOME. See
>
> http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnome-power-manager/
>
> for details. I believe you can even run this from KDE or other desktops
> that support the freedesktop.org notification area spec.
>
> For command line use 'pm-suspend'; it doesn't require root if (and only
> if) you are logged in at the console.
>
> David
Thanks a lot, David.
--
Leon
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