[ltp] ! (Re: New ATI Driver) - Still not much luck

Florian Reitmeir linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:28:07 +0100


> Here are my boot parameters:
> 
> kernel (hd0,4)/vmlinuz-2.6.14 root=/dev/hda6 acpi=on resume=/dev/hda9 
> splash=silent acpi_sleep=s3_bios pci=noacpi noapic
> 
> Any other suggestions?

i use (translated to your example)
kernel (hd0,4)/vmlinuz-2.6.14 root=/dev/hda6 resume=/dev/hda9 acpi_sleep=s3_bios apic

can you post an lspci from your system? maybe its an other module which
prevents the correct sleep cycle.


> >>Nope ....still no luck!!! recompiled the kernel (2.6.14-2) with the 
> >>suspend 2 patch and almost exact config file as Fionn (except I have xfs 
> >>support built in to the kernel).
> >>
> >>So now I have the exact same kernel and xorg.conf as Fionn and still 
> >>cant get suspend/resume (to memory) to work.
> >>
> >>The only other variable are the acpi suspend/resume scripts. Can anyone 
> >>(who has this working) post them?
> >suspend worked with the default script from acpid for me fine (i also use
> >only XFS). Make sure you boot your kernel with the acpi_sleep parameter..
> >
> >        acpi_sleep=     [HW,ACPI] Sleep options
> >                        Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode }
> >                        See Documentation/power/video.txt
> >
> >s3_bios worked for me.
> >>>Still not much luck though. I havent recompiled the kernel to include 
> >>>suspend2 support YET. This is mostly because I dont need 
> >>>hibernate/suspend-to-disk as much as I need suspend-to-ram.
> >>>
> >>>Using your xorg.conf didnt help either. Still got the terminal window 
> >>>with the text "inu" after resume and a lockup.
> >>>
> >>>Next I removed the automatic insmoding of intel_agp and agpgart during 
> >>>startup. This seemed to help a little in that I got X back (after a 
> >>>resume) but with a large amount of distortions and finally a lockup.
> >>>
> >>>Then I tried recompiling the fglrx.o module. This helped in that I got X 
> >>>back and it was functional. When I tried to plot a 3D plot using matlab, 
> >>>everything locked up again.
> >>>
> >>>So the next step is to install a 2.6.14 kernel with suspend2 support and 
> >>>see if that helps.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks again (and still would appreciate any help/hints on whats going 
> >>>on).
> >>>Fionn Behrens wrote:
> >>>>On Di, 2005-11-15 at 03:09 +1100, D. Sen wrote:
> >>>>>Could you send me your xorg.conf and the kernel .config?
> >>>>The files can be found at http://fionn.de/config/
> >>>>I used fglrxconfig to create the xorg.conf (warning, your old config
> >>>>gets overwritten!) and afterwards I edited some values and put the
> >>>>synaptics stuff back in. But it already worked fine with the fglrx
> >>>>"factory" config.
> >>>>>Also, did you configure the kernel for suspend 2?
> >>>>Yes, but I actually use it almost never and have not tried it yet. There
> >>>>have been other posters today who reported to have had success with
> >>>>suspend2 and how.
> >>>>After all the battery can hold up S3 for about a week and my Notebook
> >>>>aint never off that long.

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