[ltp] A21p & apm

F. David Sinn linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
17 Aug 2003 13:44:15 -0700


I do have a PCMCIA wireless card, but why would 'apm -s' work and Fn-F4
doesn't?  I don't remove the card when I 'apm -s'... (And I have edited
the apm config to disable network when it shut's down.

David

On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 12:13, Ted Johansson wrote:
> F. David Sinn wrote:
> 
> >I've searched the archives, but didn't find anything to help me figure
> >out what is going on.
> >
> >I have a A21p running RedHat 9 (Kernal 2.4.20-8) and have gotten suspend
> >via "apm -s" to work flawlessly every time.  I've also setup a
> >hibernation partition via IBM's tool.
> >
> >What isn't working is using any of the buttons or closing the lid to go
> >into suspend or hibernate.  Opening the lid after a "apm -s" does wake
> >the box up, so the button is at least working... :)
> >
> >When I try closing the lid, Fn-F4 or Fn-F12 they don't work.  I also
> >don't get anything logged to console or /var/log/messages.  Fn-F12 just
> >lets out one beep and nothing happens.  Fn-F4 lets out two, the screen
> >blanks and the HD spins down, but the system is still up and running. 
> >I've also gone over the BIOS power options and am not finding anything
> >helpful.
> >
> >Any ideas on where to start?
> >  
> >
> Do you have a PCMCIA card mounted? On the T21, it must be 
> ejected/disabled, otherwise suspend (and hibernation I think) will not work.
> 
> /Ted