[ltp] Re: Thinkpad T61p + CentOS/RHEL 6 + nvidia proprietary = hibernation resume time?

[Dmitry E. Mikhailov]

On Thu, 2013-01-31 at 06:02 +0000, Andy Barclay wrote:
> Dmitry E. Mikhailov <d.mikhailov <at> infocommunications.ru> writes:
> 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > If there are any Thinkpad T61p owners here running CentOS (RedHat
> > Enterprise Linux, Oracle Unbrakable Linux) version 6 x86_64 with NVidia
> > proprietary video driver,
> > 
> > I have a question.
> > 
> > How much does it take to resume from hibernation on your system?
> > 
> > I got the following. The resume process (from the SSD) takes about three
> > minutes and there are three beeps during the process. Am I alone?
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 	Dmitry Mikhailov.
> > 
> 
> I was having the same problem. Turned out to be the firmware on my SSD drive. I
> went to crucial and downloaded the latest firmware (bootable iso), wrote it to a
> usb flash disk using unetbootin, then booted from the usb flash. It updated the
> firmware on my SSD drive and now resume is instantaneous.

I've had the same problem with the HDD the SSD replaced. Never upgraded
HDD firmware. Dunno how could that be. But I'd try. Thx!

-- 
Best regards,
        Dmitry Mikhailov