On Sat, 2010-11-27 at 20:23 -0500, Andres Cimmarusti wrote: > Package: linux-2.6 > Version: 2.6.32-27 > Severity: normal > > I formulated a bug report (#583968) about this laptop not being able > to suspend/hibernate with KMS enabled (Xpress 200m radeon chip). A fix > was backported from upstream > (http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.dri.devel/48108) and it > seemed to solve the problem. > > I regret to report back after several tests that the patch works in > most cases, but sometimes (when using audio just before suspending) > the computer fails to go to sleep. The screen turns black as usual and > shows the message: > > atiixp: codec reset timeout
That is a sound driver, so it makes some sense that this is related to playing audio. This error presumably will cause the suspend process to be aborted. > But also freezes there and a strange effect shows on screen. It looks > like as if the black screen were slowly turning gray very diffusely, > looks like smoke... I've tried switching VT to no avail. Only holding > the power button works. [...] It sounds like the radeon driver is not properly restoring power to the LCD when the suspend process is aborted. Could you test Linux 2.6.36 as packaged in experimental? Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
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