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s2ram

S2RAM(8)                                                               s2ram                                                              S2RAM(8)

NAME

       s2ram - program to suspend to ram (suspend)

SYNOPSIS

       s2ram [-h, --help] [-V, --vesion] [-n, --test] [-i, --identify] [--nofbsuspend] [--force] [--vbe_save] [--vbe_mode] [--radeontool]
             [--acpi_sleep nr] [--pci_save]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the s2ram command.

       This manual page was written for the Debian(TM) distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

       s2ram is a program that will suspend your system to ram (put it in S3 mode). Which means that the system is in a lower power mode. It asked
       to do so it will wake up farely quickly. However, if the system will run out of energy entirely you will lose data. That is why it is
       recommended to use s2both(8) s2ram is only provided to find out any work around needed to make suspend to both work. See
       README.s2ram-whitelist and README.Debian for more information.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
           Short help text.

       -V, --version
           Version information.

       -n, --test
           test if the machine is in the database. returns 0 if known and supported

       -i, --identify
           prints a string that identifies the machine.

       --nofbsuspend
           do not suspend the framebuffer (for debugging purposes).

       --force
           force suspending, even on unknown machines. the following options are only available with --force.

       --vbe_save
           save VBE state before suspending and restore after resume.

       --vbe_post
           VBE POST the graphics card after resume.

       --vbe_mode
           get VBE mode before suspend and set it after resume.

       --radeontool
           turn off the backlight on radeons before suspending.

       -v, --pci_save
           Save the PCI config space of the VGA card before suspend and restore it after resume.

       --acpi_sleep nr
           set the acpi_sleep parameter before suspend. 1=s3_bios, 2=s3_mode, 3=both

SEE ALSO

       s2both (8).

       For more information see the /usr/share/doc/uswsusp/README.s2ram-whitelist and the /usr/share/doc/uswsusp/README.Debian

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Tim Dijkstra tim@famdijkstra.org for the Debian(TM) system (but may be used by others). Permission is
       granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version
       published by the Free Software Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

AUTHOR

       TimTim DijkstraDijkstra <tim@famdijkstra.org> <tim@famdijkstra.org>
           Wrote this manpage for the Debian system.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2006 Tim Dijkstra

uswsusp                                                            juni 24, 2006                                                          S2RAM(8)