[ltp] vbestate works, but...

[Nils]

Hi Niel,
everything you write is correct. After resuming the ati card consumes much 
more power. ATI says that it is an IBM Bios problem. I think it is a lame 
excuse.
Additional I can't start fgl_glxgears after resuming. (-> crash)
(My system : Thinkpad T41p FireGL Mobility T2)
Nils

Am Freitag, 15. April 2005 19:24 schrieb Niel Lambrechts:
> Hi guys,
>
> First off, Mario, well done on discovering the vbestate solution, Ive been
> waiting on ATI since January 2004 and contacted them countless times!
>
> That said, could someone please confirm if this results in a higher power
> consumption after resuming from either S3/S4?
> My battery will only last 1-1.5 hrs if I resume using vbestate instead of
> 3-3.5 hrs, I dont see anything strange using top/ps so it must be BIOS
> controlled? Maybe some VESA power-saving mode setting gets lost when
> suspending?
>
> Also, maybe we can contact ATI to inform them that this type of utility
> makes a difference, perhaps it could open their eyes to the root cause?
>
> For those who care, I use the vbestate resume solution on a Thinkpad
> R50P/FireGL T2 128, SuSE 9.2, ACPI, and can resume from S3 (suspend to RAM)
> or S4 (suspend to disk) using Xorg.
>
> Regards,
> Niel