suspend/hibernate in the command line

[Leon]

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