Newsgroups:  gmane.linux.debian.user
Date:        Wed, 9 Feb 2005 19:34:49 +0200

> > I have ACPI installed and apparently functioning (it turns my monitor
> > off). I have a 2.6.10 kernel and KDE 3.3
> >
> > In windows, I have a little set of toolbar buttons that include:
> > power off monitor
> > sleep (power off disks and monitor)
> > hibernate (disks and monitor off, idle processor at 1/8 speed, fan off)
> >
> > Is there a ready-made equivalent for linux?
>
> There is a "hibernate" package in debian that supposedly does software
> suspend. You apparently need to patch your kernel to use it so I don't
> know if that's what you want. It's all still a bit touch-and-go it
> seems, but it might work for you.
>
> Wim

Try this:

http://sylvestre.ledru.info/howto/howto_acpi.php

andras.lorincz