Suspend
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How to suspend under linux
#!/bin/sh # ensure that we are root if [ `whoami` != "root" ]; then sudo $0 exit 0 fi # discover video card's ID ID=`lspci | grep VGA | awk '{ print $1 }' | sed -e 's@0000:@@' -e 's@:@/@'` # securely create a temporary file TMP_FILE=`mktemp /var/tmp/video_state.XXXXXX` trap 'rm -f $TMP_FILE' 0 1 15 # switch to virtual terminal 1 to avoid graphics # corruption in X chvt 1 # write all unwritten data (just in case) sync # dump current data from the video card to the # temporary file cat /proc/bus/pci/$ID > $TMP_FILE # suspend echo -n mem > /sys/power/state # restore video card data from the temporary file # on resume cat $TMP_FILE > /proc/bus/pci/$ID # switch back to virtual terminal 7 (running X) chvt 7 # remove temporary file rm -f $TMP_FILE