Re: [PATCH] 2.1.120 and APM - lets try again

Stephen.Rothwell@canb.auug.org.au
Wed, 09 Sep 1998 22:03:28 +1000


Hi John,

John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> writes:
>
> Unfortunately, this doesn't fix the APM problems on my ThinkPad
> 310ED. I've tried all sorts of BIOS changes, running with and without

It wasn't meant to :-( ...

> apmd, with and without floppy driver, and with and without various
> config options (including the ignore multiple suspend one).
>
> To again repeat, the problem is that suspend and hibernate do not
> work. I can use the Fn hotkeys, or the appropriate apm --suspend (or
> similar) command and get the same result when requesting either
> standby or suspend: the system beeps, the hard disk is shut off, the
> screen goes blank for about 1.5 seconds, then the screen comes back
> on, the hard disk comes back on, and the system beeps again. Nothing
> I do can make these features actually work. Ideas??

Unfortunately, no. I have seen the same behaviour on a NEC Versa LX
but onl when trying to hibernate - sleeping works fine. Strangely,
I have had this machine hibernate but I cannot reproduce the circumstances.
I guess we just need to keep thinking ...

Cheers,
Stephen

--
Stephen Rothwell                    Stephen.Rothwell@canb.auug.org.au

- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/faq.html