[ltp] Possibly Solved: i855-based ThinkPad R51 suspend-to-RAM

[Ingo van Lil]

On 14 Apr 2005, Ingo van Lil wrote:

> OK, I finally gave it a try: Compiling vbetool on Gentoo wasn't easy and
> required a little source hacking, but I finally managed to install it.
> Running vbetool to save the vbe state while X is active crashes the X
> server.

I have to correct myself: The vbetool stuff doesn't seem to be required
at all. Merely saving and restoring the contents of
/proc/bus/pci/00/02.0 seems to do the trick. I still have to switch to a
text console to prevent the X server from dying, though.

        Cheers,
            Ingo