the same problem is with my dell inspiron 5150: It doesn't really wake up probably because of the NVIDIA Graphics chipc (fx5200go)
Any Idea how to wake it up? On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 09:00:41 -0800, Benedek Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 19 December 2004 06:39 am, Pedro Villavicencio Garrido wrote: > > Hey, > > > > On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 22:57 -0800, Benedek Frank wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > On my Dell 700m I am trying to make suspend work. The battery life is > > > just horrible, 2 hours flat, so suspend is a must. > > > > > > I installed a 2.6.9 kernel. When I do a suspend to memory > > > > > > echo "mem" > /sys/power/state > > > > > > It goes into suspend and the power light starts to blink. That is > > > perfect. However, when I press any key, nothing happenes. The machine > > > does not respond. If I close the lid and open it back up, the power light > > > becomes solid (not blinking), but the machine does not come back alive, > > > or at least I cannot see anything on the display. > > > > > > When I press the power button, while the machine is suspended, the light > > > comes solid and the machine starts to work hard. But, instead of coming > > > back live, it shuts down. Do I miss something ? Like a script for the > > > "lid" event ? Please educate me, as I dont know. > > > > > > By the way, I also compiled a kernel with the swsusp2 patch, and it > > > looked good, but that was way to serious of a suspend for me, it actually > > > shuts the machine down. It must be great for a suspend when you are on a > > > deserted island, but all I need is a suspend for a few hours, so to > > > memory is fine enough. > > > > I have a Dell too but a C600 anyway, try this > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3670 that works for me. > > > > Have you tried APM?, APM works really cool for me. > > > > Greetings. > > Thanks a lot for the link. Believe it or not, now I can resume from a console > screen at least. That is a great advantage already. With the video_post > script that was posted on the above link, it does come back up. Of course > issues remain, as Ethernet is flaky, sometimes comes back, sometimes not, > etc, but it is already a great step forward. > > However, I would still like to know, if it can be done with no usage of such > 3rd party tools. Is it entirely impossible? > > Ben > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Julien Wolf, Heidelberg http://juwo.tk http://froogle.uni.cc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
