--- name: "uswsusp.conf" section: "8" platform: "linux" package: "uswsusp" version: "0.7-1.2" release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/uswsusp.conf" --- # uswsusp.conf(8) Config file for the s2disk program ## 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. This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. **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). On a Debian system you can run **dpkg-reconfigure uswsusp** to manage this file. ## OPTIONS - FC**snapshot device \[=/dev/snapshot\]**F\[0\] Device via which **s2disk** should talk to the kernel. - FC**resume device**F\[0\] Specifies the device to write the image to. This is a swap partition or the partition that contains the swap file (see next parameter). - FC**resume offset**F\[0\] 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 \ 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. \[For this feature to work, you will need an -mm kernel, 2.6.18-mm3 or newer.\] - FC**image size**F\[0\] 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. - FC**suspend loglevel**F\[0\] 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. - FC**compute checksum**F\[0\] If the "compute checksum" parameter is set to 'y', the **s2disk** and **resume** tools will use the MD5 algorithm to verify the image integrity. - FC**compress**F\[0\] If the "compress" parameter is set to 'y', the **s2disk** and **resume** tools will use the LZF compression algorithm to compress/decompress the image. - FC**encrypt**F\[0\] 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. - FC**RSA key file**F\[0\] If this this options points 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. - FC**early writeout**F\[0\] If the "early writeout" parameter is set to 'y' is specified, the **s2disk** utility will start syncing the resume device early in the process of writing the image to it. \[This has been reported to speed up the **s2disk** on some boxes and eliminates the "fast progress meter and long fsync wait" effect.\] - FC**splash**F\[0\] 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 later is a userspace solution, but you'll need to install a splashy theme. If you use initramfs-tools on Debian to generate your initramfs (and have splashy installed), the necessary files will be copied to it. ## SEE ALSO s2disk (8). [suspend-keygen(8)](/suspend-keygen/8.md) ## AUTHOR This manual page was written by Tim Dijkstra \ for the Debian system (but may be used by others). 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. On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.