On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 04:00:57PM +0000, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 16:11:03 +0200, lee wrote: > > Insofar such testing involves eventually losing data, doing such testing > > isn't really an option. > > Then you can setup a chrooted environment and make the tests in there. Or > you can try with a LiveCD to avoid data loss. Nowadays you have many > choices to test hibernation in a safe environment.
There's nothing save about turning off and on the hardware many times consecutively. I could disconnect the disks to minimize the risks, but then it won't be possible to test suspend to disk. > If developers are not aware of your situation, they cannot correct the > bugs Still filing bug reports doesn't seem to achieve anything these days. > > No, you're doing that. It's just hardware, and if it doesn't work, I > > return it. It's that simple. > > No, it's not "just" hardware. sure it is > Want kind of guarantee are you expecting from the manufacturer? Just what they usually do: When you find out that a piece of hardware doesn't work, you take it back to the store and either change it out or have your money refunded. It's really that simple, I've done it before. > > No manufacturer or dealer is going to give you a certificate that the > > car in question will perform as desired under your particular > > driving/using conditions. > > Sure they do! They don't --- or can you show me the certificate you got for your car and a number of others other ppl got? > > And who would buy a car that comes with a > > certificate that only the ppl named in the certificate are allowed to > > use it and that otherwise the car might break down and any warranty is > > forfeited? > > Anyone here will :-) And they lose their warranty when they take it to a shop for an inspection as required by the warranty because one of the mechanics who's not named on the certificate drives it into the shop. Yeah, sure ... > >> >> What "required tools" are you referring to? > >> > > >> > the tools needed for graphics cards > >> > >> There no such tools. What you usually have to do when the graphics card > >> driver (or any other driver) has problems to resume from hibernating is > >> creating a hook to load/unload the required driver, that should be all. > > > > The documentation says that there are. Perhaps what you're describing is > > what these tools do ... > > If the docs say that "there are", it will also say "where to get" them > >:-) Yet you say there are no such tools. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100704160247.gg12...@yun.yagibdah.de
