[ltp] Perfect timing!! ( ..hibernate/restore problems with recent distros )

[Steven J. Owens]

Hey,

> >On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 06:05 -0700, bhaskins@chartermi.net wrote:
> >>>FWIW Ubuntu 10.4 has been a total wipeout for me on my older
> >>>Thinkpads ( I have several ).  Hibernation just goes out
> >>>crashingf into the woods, requiring a power down to get back.
> >>>Wireless won't handle anything over a few seconds long without a
> >>>disconnect.  This has been this way since the beta and seems to
> >>>be set in stone.

     I'm on 10.4 on my still-not-dead-yet thinkpad t43p.  I reopened a
bug (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/607064)
about the wireless problem, which went from bad to much worse when I
upgraded to lucid.  

     I eventually ended up trying something that somebody in a
previous incarnation of the bug suggested, which is switching my
linksys router from dd-wrt to tomato.  My wireless works fine now,
aside from occasionally disconnecting when I leave it alone too long.

     I had the hibernation issue on an earlier version, but I switched
to using suspend-to-ram and haven't tried hibernating since.

     This sort of thing is frustrating, but I think it's important to
step back and remember _why_ it's so frustrating - because linux
distros have come a heck of a long way since the early days.  It's
easy to get used to them working so well, so when they fail, it's
quite jarring :-).

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