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List:       mandrake-expert
Subject:    Re: [expert] Dell laptop hangs with 9.2 when lid closed.
From:       Jack Coates <jack () monkeynoodle ! org>
Date:       2003-11-09 7:18:23
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On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 22:54, James Sparenberg wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 22:54, Jack Coates wrote:
> > On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 15:27, Stew Benedict wrote:
> > > On Sat, 8 Nov 2003, Jack Coates wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 06:57, Jack Coates wrote:
> > > > > edit /etc/acpi/events/lid and comment out action=/usr/sbin/pmsuspend
> > > > > 
> > > > > ACPI is attempting to trigger swsusp suspend-to-disk, which basically
> > > > > doesn't work on modern laptops.
> > > > ...
> > > > 
> > > > that's actually not a fair comment, I should actually state that it
> > > > doesn't work on Mandrake kernels; it works fine with SuSE and Debian
> > > > according to the other mailing lists I'm on.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Actually it does, depending on the machine of course, like all acpi 
> > > functionality.  I was using it for a week or so, but it's so slow, I can 
> > > do a normal shutdown/boot faster than a suspend resume.
> > > 
> > > Machine: Compaq Presario 1215US
> > > 
> > > Stew Benedict
> > 
> > Good for you! did you do anything special or did it just work?
> > 
> > BTW, ACPI and swsusp haven't actually got anything to do with each
> > other, except that ACPI events can trigger a suspend.
> 
> In my case.  (Compaq Armada)  ACPI doesn't work but APM is flawless.  In
> fact ACPI doesn't work under other OS's either.  So no loss.  It really
> seems to be an LG problem.   A number of Laptops like mine don't quite
> follow the spec or followed a test spec and so don't work right.  I've
> two dells at work we use for mobile demo's Same model one is just a
> version up from the other (xp and ixp or something like that)  One works
> with acpi one with apm.  
> 
> James
> 

There's a guy on the Linux-sony list with the exact same model of laptop
as me who had swsusp and ACPI working fine almost a year ago, using
Debian. Me, I try with every new Mandrake kernel, and I'm always
disappointed. I'm about ready to put Debian on the laptop.
-- 
Jack Coates
Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...



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