[ltp] Anyone got Suspend-to-Ram with fglrx driver works?

Osho GG linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 13 Nov 2005 01:46:15 -0800


You should try the newly released 8.19.10. It supports ACPI suspend/resume 
without vbetool work-around. It is working well with T42p.

Osho

On Saturday 12 November 2005 12:02 am, Nils wrote:
> Hi,
> I've tried nearly everything to get a working supsend-to-ram system with
> the fglrx driver, but alway one of the following parts seems not to work: -
> high power consumption after suspend
> - no 3d support after suspend
> - hangs after suspend
> - works, but hangs after starting 3d application
> - hangs with garbage on the screen
> - (..)
>
> okay, the fglrx seems to be garbage !
> There is one chance in future, because in a month the new Xorg 6.9/7.0 will
> be released and there is a gpl driver for chipsets >= 9500 (included firegl
> and other) It makes more sense to search for error in this driver - it's
> opensource and the developers want to fix error unlike ati.
> You can compile the RC if you want.
>
> Nils
>
> > As I said with patched kernel, my T43, also having pata drive, works
> > fine with radeon driver, just not with fglrx driver.
> > Jiang
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 05:52:07PM -0500, Gavin W. Burris aka 86 wrote:
> > > The PATA drive on the T43p is also an issue for S3 suspending, because
> > > it doesn't support suspend.  Watch out.  I hacked the SCSI driver a
> > > while ago and added the suspend functions, but have since lost that in
> > > version hell.  It doesn't matter anyway, because I could not get the
> > > fglrx driver to suspend either, even with the vbetool.
> > >
> > > I will be trying again when I have more free time....

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Osho