[CentOS] APM and suspend to swap

Mon Feb 5 02:43:43 UTC 2007
Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>

thanks, now for more questions...

Joshua Gimer wrote:
> Answers to some of your questions:
>
> I need to turn acpi=off in the boot so I can turn on apm.  How DO I turn
> on apm.
>
> You can turn on apm by starting the apm daemon (apmd).
I see the apmd is running.  ACPI is on right now.

When I issue the command apm, I get:

No APM support in kernel

I guess that is because acpi is on?

There is no /dev/apm or /proc/apm directories.  Quite a bit in acpi...
>
> what suspend command do I use?
>
> apm --suspend or apm --standby.
I am not getting everything it seems from the man and scripts.  Which
write memory to the swap drive?
> If you need more information than that, you might want to try:
>
> man apm
> man apmd
> apropos apm