[gpm] Exciting new stuff and dull documentation
- From: Richard Hughes <hughsient gmail com>
- To: GnomePowerManager List <gnome-power-manager-list gnome org>
- Subject: [gpm] Exciting new stuff and dull documentation
- Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:51:14 +0000
First a request. I need to write up in the yelp file the difference
between suspend and hibernate. This is what I've got so far:
Suspend:
The Suspend state is a power saving feature which is the lowest level of
power consumption that preserves program data in the computers memory.
When your computer is in the Suspended state, computation will not be
performed until normal activity is resumed. It will not resume until
signaled by an external event such as a keyboard button press.
WARNING: You still use a small amount of battery power whilst suspended,
so is not recommended for the low power action.
If you remove AC power on a desktop, or run out of battery power on a
laptop then you will loose your work.
It generally takes a few seconds to suspend and then resume your
computer.
Hibernation:
The Hibernation state saves the complete state of the computer to hard
disk and turns off the power, so that the computer appears to be off. It
will not resume until signaled by an external event such as a keyboard
button press.
This is the lowest power sleeping state available.
If you remove AC power on a desktop, or run out of battery power on a
laptop then work will not be lost.
It can take up to a minute or more to hibernate and wake your computer.
Anyone got any suggestions or improvements?
And now onto the new stuff: You might want to grab CVS, and enable the
"--enable-experimental-features" flag. You'll see the results of trying
to fix bugs:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326741
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=333146
Screenshots are available here, for those not wanting to know the gory
details:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=61034
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=60631
Comments please.
Many thanks.
Richard
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