pm-utils
TLDR
Suspend to RAM
$ sudo pm-suspend
Hibernate (suspend to disk)$ sudo pm-hibernate
Check if suspend is supported$ pm-is-supported --suspend && echo "Supported"
Hybrid suspend$ sudo pm-suspend-hybrid
SYNOPSIS
pm-suspend | pm-hibernate | pm-suspend-hybrid [options]
DESCRIPTION
pm-utils is a collection of power management utilities for Linux. It provides a framework for suspend, hibernate, and power saving with hardware quirk support.
EXAMPLES
$ # Check what's supported
pm-is-supported --suspend
pm-is-supported --hibernate
# Suspend to RAM
sudo pm-suspend
# Hibernate to swap
sudo pm-hibernate
# Hybrid (both RAM and disk)
sudo pm-suspend-hybrid
pm-is-supported --suspend
pm-is-supported --hibernate
# Suspend to RAM
sudo pm-suspend
# Hibernate to swap
sudo pm-hibernate
# Hybrid (both RAM and disk)
sudo pm-suspend-hybrid
COMMANDS
pm-suspend
Suspend to RAM (S3).pm-hibernate
Suspend to disk (S4).pm-suspend-hybrid
Suspend to both.pm-is-supported
Check support.pm-powersave
Power saving mode.
HOOKS
$ /etc/pm/sleep.d/ # Sleep hooks
/etc/pm/power.d/ # Power hooks
# Hook script example
#!/bin/bash
case "$1" in
suspend) service foo stop ;;
resume) service foo start ;;
esac
/etc/pm/power.d/ # Power hooks
# Hook script example
#!/bin/bash
case "$1" in
suspend) service foo stop ;;
resume) service foo start ;;
esac
QUIRKS
$ --quirk-dpms-on
--quirk-vbe-post
--quirk-vbestate-restore
--quirk-vbe-post
--quirk-vbestate-restore
CAVEATS
Deprecated in favor of systemd. Still used on non-systemd systems. Requires ACPI support.
HISTORY
pm-utils was developed for Fedora and other Linux distributions as a standard power management interface.
