On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:05:10 +0200 Pavel Machek wrote: | Update suspend documentation. | | Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | --- | | diff --git a/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt b/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt | --- a/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt | +++ b/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt | @@ -318,3 +318,10 @@ As a rule of thumb use encrypted swap to | system is shut down or suspended. Additionally use the encrypted | suspend image to prevent sensitive data from being stolen after | resume. | + | +Q: Why we cannot suspend to a swap file?
Q: Why can't we suspend to a swap file? or Q: Why can we not suspend to a swap file? | + | +A: Because accessing swap file needs the filesystem mounted, and | +filesystem might do something wrong (like replaying the journal) | +during mount. [Probably could be solved by modifying every filesystem | +to support some kind of "really read-only!" option. Patches welcome.] | diff --git a/Documentation/power/video.txt b/Documentation/power/video.txt | --- a/Documentation/power/video.txt | +++ b/Documentation/power/video.txt | @@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ There are a few types of systems where v | POSTing bios works. Ole Rohne has patch to do just that at | http://dev.gentoo.org/~marineam/patch-radeonfb-2.6.11-rc2-mm2. | | +(8) on some systems, you can use the video_post utility mentioned here: | + http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3670. Do echo 3 > /sys/power/state That attachment is weird for me. It downloads as "attachment.cgi", but it's a tar.gz file. :( (using firefox if it matters) | + && /usr/sbin/video_post - which will initialize the display in console mode. | + If you are in X, you can switch to a virtual terminal and back to X using | + CTRL+ALT+F1 - CTRL+ALT+F7 to get the display working in graphical mode again. --- ~Randy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
