[ltp] SuSE 9 on T40

[linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org]

Worth a try..

I had an extra laptop size drive laying around, so I put it in and
installed SuSE 9 from scratch.  I've suspended and resumed twice so far
and it has come back up perfectly (and quickly).  So, I'll have to test
some of the differences between my upgraded system and the fresh
install...

I had ACPI disabled on both installs, and apmd running on both..  I
noticed that the freshly installed /etc/sysconfig/powermanagement file has
more/different settings -- I'll have to check differences in config
files..

thanks,
Valient


> 	I didn't upgrade, I installed from scratch.  I'm not sure what
> detail I can provide that would be helpful to you, but if you name it,
> I'll provide it.  I have the IBM a/b wireless card, a 60GB hard drive, and
> otherwise stock hardware.  I disabled ACPI (which caused suspend problems)
> by adding "acpi=off" to the kernel boot command line in the GRUB config
> file (as well as "chkconfig acpid off").  I enabled APM with "chkconfig
> apmd on".  I haven't had any troubles suspending or resuming (in fact,
> it's damn fast to resume, like 2 seconds).  I always do it from X-Windows
> though (I've heard of problems in the past with suspending from the
> console, though that wasn't a SuSE issue AFAIK).  I used to have problems
> suspending and resuming when I had a compact flash card in a PCMCIA slot
> -- I haven't tried it with SuSE yet.
>
> 	The slow shutdown definitely sounds like ACPI to me -- when I
> tried to suspend with ACPI it seemed to send the machine to "286 mode"
> (about 8 MHz), and it took *forever* to shut down.  Look in
> /boot/grub/menu.lst and make sure you have "acpi=off" in all your kernel
> configurations.  Just turning off the acpid service is not enough.
>
> Aaron
>