[ltp] Hibernation on A30, again *sigh*

[Tino Keitel]

On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 09:11:24 +0100, Tino Keitel wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 00:45:29 +0100, Jan Frey wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > > I own a A30p.
> > 
> > Me too.
> > 
> > > > I installed ps2.exe, but to my surprise, I can't create an
> > > > hibernation file anymore (ps2.exe hfile), like it could be done
> > > > on my 765.
> > >
> > > You need a special tool called stndalhd.exe. It can create a
> > > hibernation file on a FAT filesystem.
> > 
> > I used phdisk.exe... worked just beautiful (twice!!) for me. I
> > extracted IBM's files on another PC and created a bootable CD.
> > 
> > > > When I run phdisk.exe, it first complains about too less disk
> > > > space, (my A30 has 384 MB RAM installed and the partition was
> > > > just formated and contained 580 MB) and when I tried it on a
> > > > larger partition, the hibernation file was created.
> > >
> > > AFAIK phdisk.exe is for Phoenix BIOS only and not compatible with
> > > the newer TPs.
> > 
> > It worked for me. See above.
> 
> I got it working yesterday, using a bootable CD and the files from
> stndalhd.exe copied to the FAT partition. Thanks for all your hints.
> 
> > 
> > > > I rebooted, and my 20 GB linux partition was trashed, so I think
> > > > that DOS can not handle such a bug hard drive correctly. I
> > > > reinstalled Linux and tried lphdisk, without success.
> > 
> > Be cautious: IBM's website mentions _not_ to select "hibernation
> > *partition*"... But I'm quite certain, that you tried to create a
> > *file..
> 
> Yes, I never tried a partition, only when I used lphdisk (which only
> supports hibernation partitions, not files, when I got this right)
> 
> > > Try stndalhd.exe with FreeDOS (which you can download as ISO image,
> > > burn and boot). I tried hibernation one time and was rather
> > > disappointed. With 512 MB RAM it takes quite a long time to recover
> > > just to see XFree locked up. But it's a nice animation while waking
> > > up. Booting into Linux and starting XFree lasts no longer
> > > subjectively (? is this a correct English sentence ?).
> 
> Hum, I don't like reboots. Appart from that, typing login/password and
> the passphrase for the SSH keys everytime I want so use the ThinkPad is
> a pain. :-)
> 
> > I'm using hibernation several times a day, with 384MB RAM. I couldn't
> > live without it anymore ;-) Regarding XFree you'll have to apply the
> > Radeon-Patch by Charl Botha.
> 
> Thanks a lot, I will try it. I noticed that my X was locked after
> resume from hibernation, although the machine was still running (reboot
> was possible). This was strange, since I tried hibernation with a
> Knoppix CD a week ago and resume was working. Apperently, the X
> configuration did not use DRI. I will recheck this.

I'm using the patched DRI driver for XFree86 4.2.1 and the included DRM
kernel module. I found this at <http://cpbotha.net/dri_resume.html>.
Hibernation works now without any problems, no more locked Xservers.

Thanks again for your help.

Tino