[ltp] ! (Re: New ATI Driver) - Still not much luck

D. Sen linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 15 Nov 2005 22:28:13 +1100


Here are my boot parameters:

kernel (hd0,4)/vmlinuz-2.6.14 root=/dev/hda6 acpi=on resume=/dev/hda9 
splash=silent acpi_sleep=s3_bios pci=noacpi noapic

Any other suggestions?

Thanks,
DS

Florian Reitmeir wrote:
> On Die, 15 Nov 2005, D. Sen wrote:
> 
> 
>>Nope ....still no luck!!! recompiled the kernel (2.6.14-2) with the 
>>suspend 2 patch and almost exact config file as Fionn (except I have xfs 
>>support built in to the kernel).
>>
>>So now I have the exact same kernel and xorg.conf as Fionn and still 
>>cant get suspend/resume (to memory) to work.
>>
>>The only other variable are the acpi suspend/resume scripts. Can anyone 
>>(who has this working) post them?
> 
> 
> suspend worked with the default script from acpid for me fine (i also use
> only XFS). Make sure you boot your kernel with the acpi_sleep parameter..
> 
>         acpi_sleep=     [HW,ACPI] Sleep options
>                         Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode }
>                         See Documentation/power/video.txt
> 
> s3_bios worked for me.
> 
> 
>>>Still not much luck though. I havent recompiled the kernel to include 
>>>suspend2 support YET. This is mostly because I dont need 
>>>hibernate/suspend-to-disk as much as I need suspend-to-ram.
>>>
>>>Using your xorg.conf didnt help either. Still got the terminal window 
>>>with the text "inu" after resume and a lockup.
>>>
>>>Next I removed the automatic insmoding of intel_agp and agpgart during 
>>>startup. This seemed to help a little in that I got X back (after a 
>>>resume) but with a large amount of distortions and finally a lockup.
>>>
>>>Then I tried recompiling the fglrx.o module. This helped in that I got X 
>>>back and it was functional. When I tried to plot a 3D plot using matlab, 
>>>everything locked up again.
>>>
>>>So the next step is to install a 2.6.14 kernel with suspend2 support and 
>>>see if that helps.
>>>
>>>Thanks again (and still would appreciate any help/hints on whats going on).
>>>
>>>DS
>>>
>>>Fionn Behrens wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Di, 2005-11-15 at 03:09 +1100, D. Sen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Could you send me your xorg.conf and the kernel .config?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>The files can be found at http://fionn.de/config/
>>>>I used fglrxconfig to create the xorg.conf (warning, your old config
>>>>gets overwritten!) and afterwards I edited some values and put the
>>>>synaptics stuff back in. But it already worked fine with the fglrx
>>>>"factory" config.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Also, did you configure the kernel for suspend 2?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Yes, but I actually use it almost never and have not tried it yet. There
>>>>have been other posters today who reported to have had success with
>>>>suspend2 and how.
>>>>After all the battery can hold up S3 for about a week and my Notebook
>>>>aint never off that long.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>best regards,
>>>>       Fionn
>>
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