Ubuntu Manpage: uswsusp.conf - Config file for the s2disk program

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NAME

       uswsusp.conf - Config file for the s2disk program

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the uswsusp.conf file used by the s2disk, s2both and
       resume commands.

       s2disk is a program that will save the the state of the whole system to disk and power off
       your system. After restarting your system it will be put back in the exact system state
       you left it (this is sometimes called hibernation).

S2RAM / S2BOTH OPTIONS

       s2ram_force
           If the "s2ram_force" parameter is set to 'y', the s2ram tool will force the suspend
           process, even the machine is not known, parameters (quirks) are not set nor KMS is not
           supported.

       s2ram_quirks
           Specifies the options (quirks) to suspend the machine. Possible options are vbe_post,
           vbe_save, vbe_mode, radeon_off, pci_save, s3_bios, s3_mode and fb_nosuspend. More
           information about these options are included in s2ram(8) manpage and the README.s2ram-
           whitelist file.

S2DISK / S2BOTH OPTIONS

snapshot device [=/dev/snapshot]
Device via which s2disk should talk to the kernel.

resume device
Specifies the device to write the image to. This is a swap partition or the partition
that contains the swap file (see next parameter).

resume offset
Necessary if a swap file is used for suspending. In such a case the device identified
by the "resume device" parameter is regarded as the partition that contains the swap
file, and "resume offset" must be equal to the offset from the beginning of this
partition at which the swap file's header is located, in <PAGE_SIZE> units. The value
of this parameter for given swap file can be determined by the swap-offset program
(has to be run as root) included in this package. [For this feature to work, you will
need an \-mm kernel, 2.6.18-mm3 or newer.]

image size
Limit the size of the system snapshot image created by the s2disk tool, but it's not
mandatory. Namely, the s2disk tool will do its best to limit the image size as
required by this parameter, but if that's not possible, it will suspend the system
anyway, with a bigger image. If "image size" is set to 0, the snapshot image will be
as small as possible.

suspend loglevel
You can specify the kernel console loglevel which the s2disk/s2both and resume
utilities will use to report progress. On a stock kernel messages with level higher
then 7 are usually not shown.

shutdown method
This parameter defines the operation that will be carried out after the suspend image
has been created and the machine is ready to be powered off. If it is set to "reboot",
the machine will be rebooted immediately. If it is set to "platform", the machine will
be shut down using special power management operations available from the kernel that
may be necessary for the hardware to be properly reinitialized after the resume, and
may cause the system to resume faster (this is the recommended shutdown method on the
majority of systems and hence the defaul). If set to "shutdown" the machine will be
powered off.

compute checksum
If the "compute checksum" parameter is set to 'y', the s2disk and resume tools will
use the MD5 algorithm to verify the image integrity.

compress
If the "compress" parameter is set to 'y', the s2disk and resume tools will use the
LZF compression algorithm to compress/decompress the image.

encrypt
If the "encrypt" parameter is set to 'y', the s2disk and resume tools will use the
Blowfish encryption algorithm to encrypt/decrypt the image. On resume and suspend you
will have to supply a passphrase. By using a pregenerated RSA key, you can avoid
having to type a passphrase on suspend. See the "RSA key file" option for more
information.

RSA key file
If this option points to a valid RSA key, which can be created with suspend-keygen,
the s2disk tool will generate a random key for the Blowfish encryption that will be
passed to the resume tool within the image header with the help of the RSA cipher.
Consequently you only need to type a passphrase on resume.

early writeout
If the "early writeout" parameter is set to 'y', the s2disk utility will start syncing
the resume device early in the process of writing the image to it. [This has been
reported to speed up the s2disk on some boxes and eliminates the "fast progress meter
and long fsync wait" effect.]

splash
The "splash" parameter is used to make s2disk and/or resume use a splash system (when
set to 'y'). Currently the bootsplash.org and splashy systems are supported. For the
former you need a kernel patch, the latter is a userspace solution, but you'll need to
install a splashy theme.

If you use initramfs-tools on your favorite Linux distribution to generate your
initramfs, usually the necessary files will be copied to it.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Tim Dijkstra <tim@famdijkstra>.org for the Debian(TM)
       system (but may be used by others). Was updated by Rodolfo García <kix@kix.es>. Permission
       is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU
       General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software
       Foundation.

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