[ltp] Thinkpad Linux Certification by IBM

D. Sen linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 02 May 2005 17:49:35 +1000


Hi Peter,

I dont use swsusp. Just suspend to ram.

You can check to see if you have DRI enabled/disabled by typing:
'glxinfo | grep -i direct'

If you see the following:

"direct rendering: No",

then DRI is disabled.

DS

Peter Denno wrote:
> On Friday 29 April 2005 22:27, D. Sen wrote:
> 
>>Anyone seen this:
>>
>>http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-48NT8D&rs=100
>>
>>Notably missing from the T42p is any mention of the problems with
>>DRI/Suspend....
>>
>>DS
> 
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> I have had a T42p now for just a few weeks, and I am experiencing problems 
> with swsusp hanging on suspend. I think the problem occurs when swsusp 
> switches to another vt, because I can cause a similar hang sometimes just by 
> switch to VT 1 using Cntl-Alt F1. 
> 
> I had the very same symptoms with a Dell C800 with ATI graphics and it was 
> enough to comment out lines in the XF86Config that referenced DRI. In my 
> current xorg.config file (I'm using SuSE 9.2 now) the only thing mentioning 
> DRI is:
> 
> #Section "DRI"
> #    Group      "video"
> #    Mode       0660
> #EndSection
> 
> But commenting that out hasn't been sufficient. Does that disable DRI? Is 
> there more to it? It sounds like this group is well aware of the problem but 
> googling didn't produce anything particular to this laptop.
> 
> The FAQ on DRI on sourceforge has an entry just on the DRI VT switching 
> problem however:
> http://dri.sourceforge.net/old/faq/faq_display.phtml?id=48
> 
> Does this group have more specific advice. I'm kind of lost with the 
> discussion provided in the DRI FAQ.
> 
>