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25 <refentry id="systemd-sleep.conf">
26   <refentryinfo>
27     <title>systemd-sleep.conf</title>
28     <productname>systemd</productname>
29
30     <authorgroup>
31       <author>
32         <contrib>Developer</contrib>
33         <firstname>Zbigniew</firstname>
34         <surname>JÄ™drzejewski-Szmek</surname>
35         <email>zbyszek@in.waw.pl</email>
36       </author>
37     </authorgroup>
38   </refentryinfo>
39
40   <refmeta>
41     <refentrytitle>systemd-sleep.conf</refentrytitle>
42     <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
43   </refmeta>
44
45   <refnamediv>
46     <refname>systemd-sleep.conf</refname>
47     <refpurpose>Suspend and hibernation configuration file</refpurpose>
48   </refnamediv>
49
50   <refsynopsisdiv>
51     <para><filename>/etc/systemd/sleep.conf</filename></para>
52   </refsynopsisdiv>
53
54   <refsect1>
55     <title>Description</title>
56
57     <para><command>systemd</command> supports three general
58     power-saving modes:</para>
59
60     <variablelist>
61       <varlistentry>
62         <term>suspend</term>
63
64         <listitem><para>a low-power state
65         where execution of the OS is paused,
66         and complete power loss might result
67         in lost data, and which is fast to
68         enter and exit. This corresponds to
69         suspend, standby, or freeze states as
70         understood by the kernel.
71         </para></listitem>
72       </varlistentry>
73
74       <varlistentry>
75         <term>hibernate</term>
76
77         <listitem><para>a low-power state
78         where execution of the OS is paused,
79         and complete power loss does not
80         result in lost data, and which might
81         be slow to enter and exit. This
82         corresponds to the hibernation as
83         understood by the kernel.
84         </para></listitem>
85       </varlistentry>
86
87       <varlistentry>
88         <term>hybrid-sleep</term>
89
90         <listitem><para>a low-power state
91         where execution of the OS is paused,
92         which might be slow to enter, and on
93         complete power loss does not result in
94         lost data but might be slower to exit
95         in that case. This mode is called
96         suspend-to-both by the kernel.
97         </para></listitem>
98       </varlistentry>
99     </variablelist>
100
101     <para>Settings in this file determine what strings
102     will be written to
103     <filename>/sys/power/disk</filename> and
104     <filename>/sys/power/state</filename> by
105     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-sleep</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
106     when
107     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
108     attempts to suspend or hibernate the machine.</para>
109   </refsect1>
110
111   <refsect1>
112     <title>Options</title>
113
114     <para>The following options can be configured in the
115     <literal>[Sleep]</literal> section of
116     <filename>/etc/systemd/sleep.conf</filename>:</para>
117
118     <variablelist class='systemd-directives'>
119       <varlistentry>
120         <term><varname>SuspendMode=</varname></term>
121         <term><varname>HibernateMode=</varname></term>
122         <term><varname>HybridSleepMode=</varname></term>
123
124         <listitem><para>The string to be written to
125         <filename>/sys/power/disk</filename> by,
126         respectively,
127         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-suspend.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
128         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-hibernate.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, or
129         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-hybrid-sleep.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
130         More than one value can be specified by separating
131         multiple values with whitespace. They will be tried
132         in turn, until one is written without error. If
133         neither succeeds, the operation will be aborted.
134         </para></listitem>
135       </varlistentry>
136
137       <varlistentry>
138         <term><varname>SuspendState=</varname></term>
139         <term><varname>HibernateState=</varname></term>
140         <term><varname>HybridSleepState=</varname></term>
141
142         <listitem><para>The string to be written to
143         <filename>/sys/power/state</filename> by,
144         respectively,
145         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-suspend.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
146         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-hibernate.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, or
147         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-hybrid-sleep.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
148         More than one value can be specified by separating
149         multiple values with whitespace. They will be tried
150         in turn, until one is written without error. If
151         neither succeeds, the operation will be aborted.
152         </para></listitem>
153       </varlistentry>
154     </variablelist>
155   </refsect1>
156
157   <refsect1>
158     <title>Example: freeze</title>
159
160     <para>Example: to exploit the <quote>freeze</quote> mode added
161     in Linux 3.9, one can use <command>systemctl suspend</command>
162     with
163     <programlisting>[Sleep]
164 SuspendState=freeze</programlisting></para>
165   </refsect1>
166
167   <refsect1>
168     <title>See Also</title>
169     <para>
170       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-sleep</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
171       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-suspend.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
172       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-hibernate.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
173       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-hybrid-sleep.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
174       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
175       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
176     </para>
177   </refsect1>
178
179 </refentry>