Re: [swsusp] not enough memory

From: Nigel Cunningham
Date: Fri Feb 17 2006 - 20:00:18 EST


Hi.

On Saturday 18 February 2006 10:57, Richard Mittendorfer wrote:
> > On Saturday 18 February 2006 10:40, Richard Mittendorfer wrote:
> > > Also sprach Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@xxxxxxxxxxxx> (Sat, 18 Feb
> > >
> > > 2006 10:07:58 +1000):
> > > > On Saturday 18 February 2006 09:58, Richard Mittendorfer wrote:
> > > > > swsusp: Need to copy 15526 pages
> > > > > swsusp: Not enough free memory
> > > > > Error -12 suspending
> > > > > [...]
> > > >
> > > > swsusp needs to be able to free half your memory to be able to
> > > > suspend. I don't know it intimately, but you may well be failing
> > > > to do this. Being completely biased (and not unwilling to admit
> > > > it!), I'd suggest you try Suspend2 (www.suspend2.net). It doesn't
> > > > have such a limitation.
> > >
> > > Thanks for this hint. However, I'm using ck's patches and having
> > > errors compiling sched.c. Just took a quick look: I don't think I
> > > can get them working together. The rest of the suspend2 patch (for
> > > 2.6.15.1) seems to apply fine to 2.6.15.4 also (Not much changes
> > > IIRC).
> >
> > http://iphitus.loudas.com/archck.php contains both Con's patches and
> > Suspend2.
>
> Ha! If everthing would work out that smoothly. :-)
>
> > Regards,
> >
> > Nigel
>
> big THX, ritch

You're welcome ;) If you have any further problems, feel free to email again.
Better still, try the Suspend2 site and mailing lists - we've got some really
good docs and really helpful users. There's also an irc channel on Freenode.

Regards,

Nigel

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