[ltp] Radeon Mobility stays on during suspend (T41)

[frank paulsen]

Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> writes:

> I have Debian Sid with KDE 4.2.4 installed on a T41 (2373-8RU) and am
> having power drain issues on suspend.  I suspend the laptop via KDE's
> Battery Monitor widget on the panel and once suspended I can see the
> text console on the screen is still there.  The backlight is being
> turned off so that is not the issue.

please check the output 'dmesg' for the following line: 

| radeonfb: IBM Thinkpad R50/R51/T40/T41 detected, enabling workaround

if it is missing, try to add 'video=radeon:force_sleep' to your lilo or
grub config.