[ltp] A21p & apm

Ted Johansson linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 17 Aug 2003 21:13:02 +0200


F. David Sinn wrote:

>I've searched the archives, but didn't find anything to help me figure
>out what is going on.
>
>I have a A21p running RedHat 9 (Kernal 2.4.20-8) and have gotten suspend
>via "apm -s" to work flawlessly every time.  I've also setup a
>hibernation partition via IBM's tool.
>
>What isn't working is using any of the buttons or closing the lid to go
>into suspend or hibernate.  Opening the lid after a "apm -s" does wake
>the box up, so the button is at least working... :)
>
>When I try closing the lid, Fn-F4 or Fn-F12 they don't work.  I also
>don't get anything logged to console or /var/log/messages.  Fn-F12 just
>lets out one beep and nothing happens.  Fn-F4 lets out two, the screen
>blanks and the HD spins down, but the system is still up and running. 
>I've also gone over the BIOS power options and am not finding anything
>helpful.
>
>Any ideas on where to start?
>  
>
Do you have a PCMCIA card mounted? On the T21, it must be 
ejected/disabled, otherwise suspend (and hibernation I think) will not work.

/Ted