Submitted by rich_c on October 2, 2009 - 11:28am
This week, I decided to have a go at getting my main system to suspend to disk. I usually leave it running 24x7 which is a bit excessive because no-one is realistically likely to use it overnight.
Pretty much all I did was run dpkg-reconfigure uswsusp, accepting the defaults and entering '2' for the log level questions. Then it was a case of right clicking the Kpowersave icon in the System Tray to select the suspend to disk option.
The added bonus on my Dell Optiplex 740 is the option in the BIOS settings for the system to power itself up at a specified time. So, in effect, I have a system that is as readily available in practice as it was when running all the time and all I have to do is suspend it last thing at night.
The only potential problem that I've yet to investigate fully is that the Sony EyeToy I'm using as a webcam seems to be a bit tempramental...
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