Christopher De Vries wrote:
Anyway, if anyone has any detailed questions let me know... there are many
sites out there that deal with installing linux on dell 8200s and some of them
were usefull... some even deal specifically with installing debian... it seems
that as time goes by linux is getting easier to install.
I've struggled more than I care to admit with power management on my
8200, to the point that in large part I gave up on it. I wonder whether
you have had any better luck.
What solution are you using: apm or acpi?
Suspending to disk has never worked with APM, I believe because of a
BIOS issue on this laptop. I had suspend to ram working for a while with
APM, but it was never more than 60% reliable.
I haven't been able to get either suspend to ram or suspend to disk to
work with ACPI.
And on top of all of this, I had to send my 8200 in for repairs in
January and they upgraded my BIOS. As best as I can tell, since about
this time every time I close the lid the computer goes into a suspend
state from which it cannot recover and must be reset with the power
button, even though in the BIOS I have specified that it should take no
action when the lid is closed.
Not to mention the ongoing history of problems with APM/ACPI and the
Nvidia drivers, having for the longest time to modify the sources to
have any hope of even suspend to ram.
I just don't have time to be wrestle with it any more, and use it more
or less as a desktop replacement only now.
_at least_ having suspend to ram is very important for unplugged use -
i.e. for use as anything but a desktop replacement.
Thanks,
dircha
