[ltp] Re: How to turn your T42p into a brick with ACPI...

[D. Sen]

I too would like to see the movies on disassembling the T42.

I have a T42p working with working ACPI suspend-to-ram. I am using 
kernel 2.6.11, Mandrake 10.1 and the x.org X drivers and just followed 
the numerous examples of ACPI scripts that can be found on this 
mailing-list's archive.

It took 2-3 hours to figure out what the scripts were doing, which 
modules needed to be modprobed out/in before and after suspends, etc.....

There are NO problems with excessive power consumption during 
suspend-to-ram for this machine.

All I am waiting for is the fix to the 
support-for-DRI+resume-from-suspend problem. However if you do not need 
3D acceleration (or only have a rare need for it like me) then this is 
not an issue either.


Regards,
DS


David A. Desrosiers wrote:
>>If you only want suspend-to-ram, you can do this with ACPI without 
>>swsusp2, and practically instantaneously.
> 
> 
> 	This is what I tried, and this is what bricked my T42p. 
> 
> 	I don't mind using suspend-to-ram or suspend-to-disk, but 10 
> seconds to suspend and 30-45 seconds to start back up is absolutely 
> unacceptable, especially when it takes less than that amount of time 
> to shut down cold, and boot up cold.
> 
> 
> 
> David A. Desrosiers
> desrod@gnu-designs.com
> http://gnu-designs.com