Subject: Re: laptop suspend with ACPI? Any equivalent to zzz?
To: Alicia da Conceicao <alicia@engine.ca>
From: Lennart Augustsson <lennart@augustsson.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/17/2003 19:43:09
No, using ACPI you can't suspend. :(
Making it happen is a lot of work, since with ACPI the OS has to
do most of the work (unlike APM where BIOS does most).

	-- Lennart

Alicia da Conceicao wrote:
> Sorry for bother everybody again, but is there any way to suspend a
> laptop running NetBSD-current with only ACPI (no APM)?  I am looking
> for an ACPI equivalent to "zzz" for APM, but can't find any.  And
> powerd only detects ACPI events, not generate them, so it can't seem
> to be able to trigger suspend mode.
> 
> Suspend mode is critical for any laptop, since it reduces battery
> drain to near zero, and shut downs the hard drive so that it doesn't
> get damaged during transport.
> 
> Also, while on this topic, is there also a way get a laptop running
> NetBSD-current to report how much battery is left (as a percentage
> and/or minutes left), the same way that "apm" did?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Alicia.
>