On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-02-14 at 08:27 -0600, Daniel wrote: > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:28 PM, Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> > > wrote: > > Control: tag -1 moreinfo > > > > On Wed, 2013-02-13 at 11:59 -0600, ddshore wrote: > > > Package: linux-base > > > Version: 3.4~bpo60+1 > > > Severity: normal > > > > > > After suspending the laptop, and attempting to resume, I get > > a black screen > > > with the power and wifi icons turned on. I have tried using > > different versions > > > of the Linux Kernel, > > > > > > Which versions? > > > > > > 2.6.32-5-686 and 3.2.0.0.bpo.4-rt-686-pae > > Could you also try 3.7-trunk-686-pae, from the experimental suite? > How can I install an experimental Linux on squeeze, you want me to do the backport myself? > > > > adding pci=nocrs, acp_osi=Microsoft Windows NT, > > > acp_osi=Linux, apm=off (since apparently my laptop uses both > > acpi and apm), > > > acpi=off, but they have the same effect. > > > > > > I very much doubt that this laptop supports APM, as that's > > been obsolete > > for 10 years! > > > > So did the people at #linux, but apparently, they got this information > > from my dmesg (which was attached in my previous email). I also get > > error messages saying apm: BIOS not found. > > That error message means that the kernel supports APM but the BIOS > doesn't! > > > As for ACPI, turning it off is generally a bad idea (as you've > > seen!) > > but the advice to 'try acpi=off' is still lingering among > > long-time > > Linux users. > > > > Right. They told me the same thing, but wanted to see if anything > > happened at all. > > [...] > > > This bug was also filed for ubuntu, but was never solved > > > > > (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/675076). > > > > [...] > > > > And that was quite a few versions back, so evidently this is > > not a new > > problem. > > > > Yes, and I've seen some other people with the same problem. Should I > > try getting more info on this problem? Would additional log files > > help? > > Try going through section 1(a) 'Test modes of hibernation' in: > http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt > but instead of writing 'disk' to /sys/power/state, write 'mem'. > > That should help to work out where this is going wrong. > > Thanks, running these tests later today and will report the results. Ben. > > -- > Ben Hutchings > Absolutum obsoletum. (If it works, it's out of date.) - Stafford Beer >
