[ltp] Battery drain in S3 (was: Question on APM vs ACPI)

Justin Mason linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 09 Dec 2004 11:36:49 -0800


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Joachim Schrod writes:
> >>>>> "JM" == Justin Mason <jm@jmason.org> writes:
> 
> JM> so what are the fears regarding 2.6?  I'm running 2.6.7 with APM, with
> JM> virtually no problems.
> 
> Many people report that resume from suspend-to-RAM doesn't work any
> more with 2.6 kernels. Supposedly, it leaves the screen blank, with no
> way to revitalize the system.
> 
> Some report that one needs to unload PCMCIA for suspend. Some report
> that proper working might depend on the graphics chip. I don't have a
> spare disk handy, otherwise I would make a test installation. Maybe I
> can re-install my old T21 and test it there.

ah.   I have seen that intermittently, alright; in my experience it seems
to work reliably if I switch to a text console first, though.

- --j.
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