[ltp] Hibernation with Xircom card inserted

[Jan Frey]

Hi,

> My A30p would not suspend or sleep either when PCMCIA cards are
> inserted. This is intended behaviour I think, or at least not uncommon.
>
> I remember to have read something about that most PCMCIA communication
> devices cannot be put to suspend because they cannot restore their
> previous state.

Well, at least my Xircom seems to able to do that. (cardctl suspend)

> You can utilize the apmd and apm_proxy script to execute commands befor=
e
> suspending or sleeping or hibernating.

Problem is, that pressing the Fn+F4/F12 combinations does not raise any
events for apmd, when my PCMCIA card is inserted. (Probably BIOS is=20
blocking it, thinking, there is no way of putting the card to sleep?)

Best regards
Jan
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