> This is an ACPI only notebook (apparently no APM on it) and I also tried > the 'echo "3" > /proc/acpi/sleep' command. Nothing happened. Try echo 1 > /proc/acpi/sleep Of course this just stops the processor. The display is still on. I remember seeing somewhere the commands to shut down the screen and the disk drives, I guess I should look for it. One LED blinks in sleep mode. Does anyone have a feel for how long the battery will alst of you sleep, rather than suspend? Philip