[vdr] Re: Standby

[Beppe <vdr@beep.mine.nu>]

Helmut Auer wrote:

> Emil Naepflein wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 06 Nov 2002 12:43:15 +0100, Helmut Auer
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >> In my opinion it would be very nice to use the STR feature with a VDR
> >> machine.
> >> With apmsleep it is possible to enter STR mode.
> >> Which applications won't be STR-compatible and must be stopped before
> >> entering STR mode ? Is here anyone who has this scenario running ?
> >
> >
> >
> > Do you really think that suspend to ram is very useful?
> > AFAIK, the fan of the power supply is still running to provide power.
> >
> That depends on the motherboard. There are system using about 5-10 Watt
> in STR mode without any fans running, so that would be very helpful.
>
> > Normally it should be no problem to shutdown VDR before standby and
> > reload the drivers and VDR after the wakeup.
> >
> Will all other linux components like samba be STR compatible, or which
> will fail?

Hi,

I did som test with STR and it never wake up properly.
After reading allot i found out that STR will never work under 2.4.x kernel.
If you got 2.5.x kernel ther is a chance for it, if your computer has ACPI.

But there is hibernate for 2.4.x kernel, suspend to disk called swsusp.

My swap partitions is to small for me to try it out.
I waiting for a 2.5 kernel that has stable LVM.

Here is some links about ACPI & SWUSP
http://codecs.home.sapo.pt/acpi/index.html
http://sourceforge.net/projects/acpi/
http://www.cpqlinux.com/acpi-howto.html

http://sourceforge.net/projects/swsusp


@Emil
no there is no power to fans, only for the ram and devices that 
can/will/suppose to wake up the machine.

::beep



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