Suspend/Reboot issues on a Pavilion dv5 laptop

2010-01-08 Thread Nima Azarbayjany
Hi there, I've got an HP Pavilion dv5 laptop loaded with Lenny. Everything works smoothly under the amd64 kernel version 2.6.32 I have installed from sid. I installed this kernel for its presumably better support with hibernate/suspend and with the hope that it will eliminate a weird thing

Re: Suspend/Reboot issues on a Pavilion dv5 laptop

2010-01-08 Thread Arthur Machlas
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Nima Azarbayjany wrote: > Hi there, > > So my two problems specifically are: > > 1. Speakers produce noise at reboot. > 2. Screen is dimmed to the lowest level after resuming from the first > suspend. > > I had a similar screen dimming issue that was resolved by

Re: Suspend/Reboot issues on a Pavilion dv5 laptop

2010-01-08 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 08. 01. 2010 17:36:51 je Nima Azarbayjany napisal(a): 2. Screen is dimmed to the lowest level after resuming from the first suspend. If that might be relevant, I use the proprietary nVidia driver. IMHE these issues are generally very much related to the video driver you use. You sh

Re: Re: Suspend/Reboot issues on a Pavilion dv5 laptop

2010-01-08 Thread Nima Azarbayjany
Thanks Arthur for the hint. I will see if I can solve the problem and will report back. It seems to be a problem with many users as it can be seen from Ubuntu forums. I tried the free nVidia driver but it caused more problems. The system would not wake up properly (just a blank screen) and

Re: Re: Suspend/Reboot issues on a Pavilion dv5 laptop

2010-01-08 Thread Arthur Machlas
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Nima Azarbayjany wrote: > Thanks Arthur for the hint. I will see if I can solve the problem and will > report back. It seems to be a problem with many users as it can be seen > from Ubuntu forums. > > I tried the free nVidia driver but it caused more problems. Th

Re: Re: Suspend/Reboot issues on a Pavilion dv5 laptop

2010-01-08 Thread Bob Proulx
Nima Azarbayjany wrote: > I actually installed Kubuntu 9.10 to give the new KDE a try. It was > then that I realized the new kernel in Kubuntu does a better job so I > reinstalled Lenny (I always return to Debian) with the newer kernel. In > Kubuntu it worked very well out of box so this mu