[ltp] Re: Random T41 hangs

[Dmitriy Morozov]

On Sunday 27 June 2004 12:33 pm, Andreas Fuchs wrote:
> Today, Chris Brotherton <chris@protonlab.net> wrote:
> > Sorry if this has been covered before, but I am running a T41
> > with 2.6.7 kernel.  Every once in awhile the machine totally
> > locks up. My logs don't reveal anything.  Currently, I am using
> > gentoo as my distro.  I am using apm since I couldn't get suspend
> > to work with ACPI.
>
> In which way does it lock up? I was experiencing problems with my
> T40p using APM (not with ACPI, though):
>
> After a while (during inactivity, when I was watching a movie or
> when I left the machine running - on AC as well as on battery), the
> screen would blank, and the fan would speed up a bit and stay at
> that speed. I couldn't ping the machine any more, and there was no
> way I could wake it up from that - even the power button stopped
> working when it did that; I had to remove the AC and take out the
> battery to reboot the notebook.
>
> Never found out what was causing these problems. Is that what
> you're seeing?
>
> My solution to these lock-ups was to use ACPI and swsusp2 as a
> replacement for the broken ACPI suspend-to-RAM modes. Don't know if
> that's helping you, but it worked for me (-:

Out of curiosity, how long does it take for swsusp2 to take the system 
down and then bring it back up? Also, does everything work with it? 
Sound, wireless, etc?

Thanks for the advice.

Dmitriy