On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 05:36:18PM +0200, Paul de Weerd wrote: > On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 08:06:50AM -0700, Mike Larkin wrote: > | > Apologies for not making that clear initially: suspend fails. The > | > machine just continues humming along nicely. Either by closing the > | > lid, or running 'zzz' manually. > | > | "humming along nicely" meaning "nothing happens at all"? > | > | I'd prefer to not play "20 questions" here... > > The system logs "acpi0: state S3 unavailable" and continues to operate > as if nothing happened: I can continue typing in shells etc. It does > not suspend, but doesn't crash or panic either. > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 08:16:40AM -0700, Mike Larkin wrote: > | > Well: > | > > | > > acpi0 at bios0: ACPI 6.1 > | > > acpi0: sleep states S0 S4 S5 > | > > | > so the BIOS doesn't implement S3. Maybe there is a BIOS update. > > There isn't - the system is at 1.0.9, which is the latest Dell has to > offer. > > | > Otherwise you'll have to complain to Dell. > > Doesn't sound like a very fruitful venture, but I'll give it a shot. > > | I read that as "this is what it looked like after he enabled 'block S3' in > the > | bios" ? > > Changing the 'block S3' option in the BIOS does not change what is > found here. > > For reference, I entered the BIOS and looked up the exact wording: > > "Block Sleep > > The option lets you to block entering Sleep (S3) mode in the operating > system. Note: When Block Sleep is enabled, the system won't go to > sleep, Intel Rapid Start will be disabled automatically, and the > operating system power option will be blank if it was set to Sleep." > > With that option set to the "OFF" value, the kernel reports: > > acpi0: sleep states S0 S4 S5 > > With that option set to the "ON" value, the kernel reports: > > acpi0: sleep states S0 S4 S5 > > So it has no effect as far as I can tell. > > Thanks Mark and Mike! > > Paul > > -- > >++++++++[<++++++++++>-]<+++++++.>+++[<------>-]<.>+++[<+ > +++++++++++>-]<.>++[<------------>-]<+.--------------.[-] > http://www.weirdnet.nl/ >
Yeah. As kettenis said, this one's a dead end until Dell does proper S3. -ml
