=== pm-utils ===

What is pm-utils?
* Pm-utils provides simple shell command line tools to suspend and
hibernate computer that can be used to run vendor, distribution, or
user supplied scripts on suspend and resume.
Why do we need it?
* All the main distributions are re-implementing the same
functionality to support common power management
operations. pm-utils provides a standardized distribution agnostic
layout and interface for common power management tasks, which frees
software and hardware vendors from having to maintain
distribution-specific suspend/resume functionality.
* Suspend/resume functionality can be easily modified by installing
files into the /etc/pm/sleep.d directory. These files, known as
hooks, can perform specific tasks on suspend/resume, such as:
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enabling and disabling standby LED's on laptop hardware

enabling suspend GUI's like suspend2
re-enabling video
starting and stopping services that can't cope with suspending
re-syncing the time with ntp
removing and modprobing modules when needed
setting grub to be the default target for a hibernate-resume
other wacky things that need doing on specific systems

How do hooks work?

* You put an executable file in /etc/pm/sleep.d. When suspend or
hibernate is called, several things happen:
1) The files in /etc/pm/config.d/* are evaluated in C sort order.
These files can be provided by individual packages outside of
pm-utils, and contain globally available configuration settings
for pm-utils and the hooks.
2) Each of the hooks in /etc/pm/sleep.d/* are executed in C sort
order, with a command line argument of either "suspend" or "hibernate".
3) The system suspends or hibernates.
4) Some event happens to wake the machine up
5) Each of /etc/pm/sleep.d/* are executed in reverse C sort order,
with a command line argument of "resume" or "thaw".
* For more detailed information on how hooks work and how to write one,
read HOWTO.hooks .
* For information on how to debug pm-utils, read README.debugging.
That's it!