systemd-sleep.conf, sleep.conf.d — Suspend and hibernation configuration file
/etc/systemd/sleep.conf
/etc/systemd/sleep.conf.d/*.conf
/run/systemd/sleep.conf.d/*.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/sleep.conf.d/*.conf
systemd supports four general power-saving modes:
a low-power state where execution of the OS is paused, and complete power loss might result in lost data, and which is fast to enter and exit. This corresponds to suspend, standby, or freeze states as understood by the kernel.
a low-power state where execution of the OS is paused, and complete power loss does not result in lost data, and which might be slow to enter and exit. This corresponds to the hibernation as understood by the kernel.
a low-power state where execution of the OS is paused, which might be slow to enter, and on complete power loss does not result in lost data but might be slower to exit in that case. This mode is called suspend-to-both by the kernel.
A low power state where the system is initially suspended (the state is stored in RAM). If not interrupted within the delay specified by HibernateDelaySec=, the system will be woken using an RTC alarm and hibernated (the state is then stored on disk).
Settings in these files determine what strings
will be written to
/sys/power/disk and
/sys/power/state by
systemd-sleep(8)
when
systemd(1)
attempts to suspend or hibernate the machine.
See
systemd.syntax(5)
for a general description of the syntax.
The default configuration is defined during compilation, so a
configuration file is only needed when it is necessary to deviate
from those defaults. By default, the configuration file in
/etc/systemd/ contains commented out entries
showing the defaults as a guide to the administrator. This file
can be edited to create local overrides.
When packages need to customize the configuration, they can
install configuration snippets in
/usr/lib/systemd/*.conf.d/ or
/usr/local/lib/systemd/*.conf.d/. Files in
/etc/ are reserved for the local
administrator, who may use this logic to override the
configuration files installed by vendor packages. The main
configuration file is read before any of the configuration
directories, and has the lowest precedence; entries in a file in
any configuration directory override entries in the single
configuration file. Files in the *.conf.d/
configuration subdirectories are sorted by their filename in lexicographic
order, regardless of which of the subdirectories they reside in. When
multiple files specify the same option, for options which accept just a
single value, the entry in the file with the lexicographically latest name
takes precedence. For options which accept a list of values, entries are
collected as they occur in files sorted lexicographically. It is recommended
to prefix all filenames in those subdirectories with a two-digit number and
a dash, to simplify the ordering of the files.
To disable a configuration file supplied by the vendor, the
recommended way is to place a symlink to
/dev/null in the configuration directory in
/etc/, with the same filename as the vendor
configuration file.
The following options can be configured in the
"[Sleep]" section of
/etc/systemd/sleep.conf or a
sleep.conf.d file:
AllowSuspend=, AllowHibernation=, AllowSuspendThenHibernate=, AllowHybridSleep=¶By default any power-saving mode is advertised if possible (i.e. the kernel supports that mode, the necessary resources are available). Those switches can be used to disable specific modes.
If AllowHibernation=no or AllowSuspend=no is
used, this implies AllowSuspendThenHibernate=no and
AllowHybridSleep=no, since those methods use both suspend and hibernation
internally. AllowSuspendThenHibernate=yes and
AllowHybridSleep=yes can be used to override and enable those specific
modes.
SuspendMode=, HibernateMode=, HybridSleepMode=¶The string to be written to
/sys/power/disk by,
respectively,
systemd-suspend.service(8),
systemd-hibernate.service(8),
systemd-hybrid-sleep.service(8), or
systemd-suspend-then-hibernate.service(8).
More than one value can be specified by separating
multiple values with whitespace. They will be tried
in turn, until one is written without error. If
neither succeeds, the operation will be aborted.
SuspendState=, HibernateState=, HybridSleepState=¶The string to be written to
/sys/power/state by,
respectively,
systemd-suspend.service(8),
systemd-hibernate.service(8),
systemd-hybrid-sleep.service(8), or
systemd-suspend-then-hibernate.service(8).
More than one value can be specified by separating
multiple values with whitespace. They will be tried
in turn, until one is written without error. If
neither succeeds, the operation will be aborted.
HibernateDelaySec=¶The amount of time the system spends in suspend mode before the system is automatically put into hibernate mode, when using systemd-suspend-then-hibernate.service(8). Defaults to 2h.
Example: to exploit the “freeze” mode added in Linux 3.9, one can use systemctl suspend with
[Sleep] SuspendState=freeze