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diff --git a/source/ap/pm-utils/README.SLACKWARE b/source/ap/pm-utils/README.SLACKWARE index 26ff48d8..7f91f228 100644 --- a/source/ap/pm-utils/README.SLACKWARE +++ b/source/ap/pm-utils/README.SLACKWARE @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ README.SLACKWARE -20100319 - rworkman@slackware.com +20101229 - rworkman@slackware.com =============================================================================== PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE FILE BEFORE REPORTING PROBLEMS OR ASKING FOR HELP! @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ it works at all. Here's the short version of using suspend to disk: Stanza in /etc/lilo.conf should look something like this: - image = /boot/vmlinuz-generic-smp-2.6.33.1-smp + image = /boot/vmlinuz-generic-smp-2.6.35.10-smp initrd = /boot/initrd.gz append = "resume=/dev/sda2" root = /dev/sda1 @@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ Stanza in /etc/lilo.conf should look something like this: read-only /etc/mkinitrd.conf should look something like this: - MODULE_LIST="jfs" + MODULE_LIST="ext4" ROOTDEV="/dev/sda1" - ROOTFS="jfs" + ROOTFS="ext4" RESUMEDEV="/dev/sda2" mkinitrd command invocation would be this: - mkinitrd -c -k 2.6.33.1-smp -F + mkinitrd -c -k 2.6.35.10-smp -F All of the above assumes at least a cursory understanding of what those commands and parameters do. If it's not clear, don't attempt it on a @@ -93,6 +93,24 @@ you don't want the suspend operation to fail. Some other exit codes are also available; none of these will cause the suspend to fail: $NA (not applicable), $NX (hook not executable), and $DX (hook disabled) +============================================================================== + +The default powersave hooks are in /usr/lib(64)/pm-utils/power.d/ -- if you +need to override any parameters set in those, you can do so with same-named +files in /etc/pm/power.d/ (populated with only the parameters you wish to +change). As an example, if you wanted to change the hdparm setting for +your hard drive's power management setting: rather than copying the entire +contents of /usr/lib(64)/pm-utils/power.d/harddrive to /etc/pm/power.d/ and +editing the copy, you could place only these two lines: + + DRIVE_POWER_MGMT_BAT=128 # edit value as desired + DRIVE_POWER_MGMT_AC=128 # edit value as desired + +Also note that any files in the /etc/pm/ hierarchy must be executable (use +chmod +x) in order to be used by pm-utils; otherwise, they will be ignored. + +============================================================================== + One way to contribute to pm-utils indirectly is by writing and sending any needed hooks scripts to upstream projects; as an example, the hook that ships with wicd was contributed by me. Ideally, the pm-utils package should |