[ltp] Mails from ATI about the Suspend-To-Ram problem with fglrx drivers

D. Sen linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 12 Apr 2005 15:53:34 +1000


You got this working with DRI, correct?

Thanks,
D

Mario Limonciello wrote:

> I have wonderful news!!!!! I finally got suspend to ram working with the 
> fglrx driver!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> Whats required is this tool vbetool: 
> http://www.srcf.ucam.org/%7Emjg59/vbetool/vbetool_0.2.orig.tar.gz
> 
> You will need to patch this package: 
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=10770502
> 
> Inside your /etc/acpi/default.sh undre the hotkey setting:
>                                        00001004)
>                                                rmmod ehci_hcd ohci_hcd 
> uhci_hcd
>                                                /usr/local/sbin/vbetool 
> vbestate save > /tmp/vbestate
>                                                chvt 1
>                                                echo 3 > /proc/acpi/sleep
>                                                /usr/local/sbin/vbetool post
>                                                /usr/local/sbin/vbetool 
> vbestate restore < /tmp/vbestate
>                                                chvt 7
>                                                rm -f /tmp/vbestate
>                                                modprobe ehci_hcd
>                                                modprobe ohci_hcd
>                                                modprobe uhci_hcd
>                                                ;;
> 
> This seems to work perfectly for me at least twice in a row, but I 
> haven't tried more yet, I was too excited to post this.
> 

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