Software suspend is scary, and multiple booting

[Ian Jackson]

Michael R. Head writes ("Re: Software suspend is scary, and multiple booting"):
> On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 11:17 -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > (a) and (b) seem practically impossible, given that the successful
> > end state of hibernation is for the computer to be powered off.
> 
> I think it would be nice to display some sort of progress meter saying
> that the hibernation process is running. It could also display a
> sentence that the computer will shut off when complete. I believe this
> is roughly what Windows does.

This is exactly my point.

If, during suspend, it switched to a screen that said `your computer
is going into hibernation', and then went black only when it was done,
you'd have both the reassurance that it was working and the knowledge
when it was finished.

Ian.