after dapper->edgy on dell latitude l400: system keeps suspending after 5 secs

[Gavin McCullagh]

Hi,

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006, Gavin McCullagh wrote:

> On Sat, 28 Oct 2006, Gavin McCullagh wrote:
> 
> > The real problem is that now, when I boot up, the laptop suspends (or is
> > that hibernates I'm unsure) without being told to.  I power it up again and
> > it waits about 5-10 seconds and suspends again.  I end up in a cycle trying
> > to get it to reboot between suspends.
> 
> I got into recovery mode and edited /etc/default/acpi-support to disable
> hibernate and suspend.  This seems to have got things back working.

Actually the problem recurred later.   I eventually disabled acpid and
acpi-support services which so far has solved the problem.

If anyone is interested in tracking this down, some info follows below.
Mail me if you need more.

Gavin

uname -a:
Linux tilly 2.6.17-10-generic #2 SMP Fri Oct 13 18:45:35 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic Crystal CS4281 PCI Audio (rev 01)
00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)
00:10.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems WinModem 56k (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)

/proc/acpi/sleep:
S0 S3 S4 S5 

/proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/throttling 
state count:             8
active state:            T0
states:
   *T0:                  00%
    T1:                  12%
    T2:                  25%
    T3:                  37%
    T4:                  50%
    T5:                  62%
    T6:                  75%
    T7:                  87%

/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature 
temperature:             50 C

/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/cooling_mode 
<setting not supported>
cooling mode:   critical

/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/trip_points 
critical (S5):           97 C

/proc/acpi/info 
version:                 20060707