-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA224 > Hello all, > > On my test Ubuntu install on a Thinkpad, TDEPowersave offers "Suspend to > RAM" > and "Freeze". The first works well and I understand what it does (I get > the > small "moon crescent" glowing. > > However, I dont really understand what "Freeze" is supposed to be. It > seems it > turns the screen, harddisc and WiFi off but Bluetooth stays on... and I > don't > know what else. > > Thierry It's rather poorly explained / understood outside of kernel circles; here's the documentation on all of the suspend states: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/power/states.txt So "Freeze" means "Suspend to Idle", which is the only power saving state available that does not require hardware cooperation. It will give you the absolute lowest amount of power saving available, and in most cases won't even be worth the trouble of having to reconnect network services, etc. when you bring the machine back out of Freeze. Tim -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iFYEARELAAYFAlYF04sACgkQLaxZSoRZrGFQpwDfcQ80GQbSd4tFnrXOs6V2bdCw cP3ZxjxBTgNTSADff0SOiDvl8nYpiuybMtActDh7R2lsCKlvmk/ohQ== =quBc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----