[ltp] I need some help on ACPI sleep

Ruben Jenster linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 21 Jan 2005 06:58:51 +0100


Try kernel 2.6.10.
I've a T41p and with 2.6.9 suspend to ram doesn't work neither without nor 
with acpi_sleep=s3_bios. 
kernel 2.6.10 and acpi_sleep=s3_bios did the job for me.

Ruben 


Am Thursday, 20. January 2005 11:06 schrieb JP Renaud:
> Hi,
>
> I have installed Gentoo on a TP R51 (1829-9MG), the one with a 1400x1050
> screen resolution. It is working fairly well except for Suspend to RAM.
>
> The laptop suspends OK but after resume, I get a black screen with two
> yellow characters (IN) in the top middle and a blinking white cursor in the
> top left of the screen. After about 5 seconds, the laptop reboots on its
> own.
>
> I have read reports of others having similar problems and the usual advice
> is to appy the latest BIOS and append acpi_sleep=s3_bios as boot kernel
> option. Well, I have done both but it has not changed anything.
>
> I am starting to think that I have done something wrong when compiling my
> kernel but I cannot track the problem. Any help or idea on this subject?
> For instance, I'd like to be able to look at logs of the resume sequence
> but I am not sure what logs I should be looking at...
>
> Also, for Suspend to disk, the only problem is my USB mouse. I use swsusp2
> and could unload/load modules or stop/start services but I am not sure what
> the best option is. I use hotplug and the mouse is managed by this. If I
> restart hotplug, it does activate the mouse (probably because the mouse is
> already plugged in). i have tried to load the usbhid module, no result. The
> only way it works is to unplu and replug the mouse. Any pointer on that one
> would be very appreciated too.
>
> Many thanks in advance for any help.
>
> JP
>
> --
> JP Renaud
> Research Fellow
> j.p.renaud@bristol.ac.uk