Suspending disbelief

[Bill Mair]

Henry,

> I think that the exact thinkpad rule is that you cannot suspend your
> laptop if
>     You have a network adaptor plugged into the system.

True for Windoze, not for Linux AFAIK.

> AND
>     You're currently on AC power.

True.

> Personally I just eject the PCMCIA network adaptor (which works a LOT more
> smoothly than under WinDos) and then I can suspend.

Using apmd I have no problems with any PCMCIA cards. I calls suspend/resume
for
any inserted cards before/after suspending. There I treat the messsages as
eject/inserts.

BTW the apmd beta package now contains the RedHat modification for calling
scripts
on/after suspend.

Bill.