Re: [Fsfe-uk] ZDNet Carbon-neutral PC runs Vista (not Free software)

[MJ Ray]

Matthew Blissett <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Saturday 15 September 2007 19:52:20 Chris Croughton wrote:
> > (And in case you think I'm anti *ix, I'm one of the *ix geeks who runs
> > his machines 24/7/52...)
>
> But that's a waste! :-)
> $ last | grep reboot | head
> reboot   system boot  2.6.21-2-686     Sat Sep 15 19:41 - 20:26  (00:44)
> reboot   system boot  2.6.21-2-686     Sat Sep 15 18:04 - 19:00  (00:56)
[...]

Reboot rather than suspend for such a short time?  As well as having
my boot and shutdown as tightly optimised as possible, to get the
machine to a login prompt fast.  I'm currently running acpid with:

==> /etc/acpi/events/bigredswitch <==
# odd-numbered power button events are presses, so sleep
event=button/power.*[13579bcf]$
action=/sbin/shutdown -h now

==> /etc/acpi/events/lid <==
# odd-numbered lid button events are presses, so sleep
event=button/lid.*[13579bcf]$
action=/bin/hibernate

==> /etc/acpi/events/sleep <==
event=button/sleep
action=/Users/mjr/bin/wificycle

I'd be interested to hear of other FS power-save/convenience tips.

Regards,
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