Trouble with Suspend/Hibernate on notebook

[Paul S]

Paul S said the following on 12/31/2007 08:13 AM:
> Florian Junghanns said the following on 12/30/2007 10:08 AM:
>>     ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 (Seems that is the thing which is making
>>     trouble...)
>>
>>     The symptoms are:
>>     I tell my notebook: Go to Suspend mode. It does immediately. But
>>     waking up seems pretty difficult - it shows nothing, but is working.
>>     Screen is black, without light.
>>     Hibernate mode: Screen turns black, but with background light. 
>> Freeze.
> 
> I have been working to find a driver that works with my ATI X1400 as 
> well.  Here's my experience:
> 
> The fglrx driver for ATI video cards has broken suspend / hibernate on 
> gutsy.  The fix from ATI is in version 7.12, from
> http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Gutsy_Installation_Guide.  The 
> Guide works ok, but forgot to say that you have to edit 
> /etc/defaults/acpi-support to change POST_VIDEO=false.
> 
> With fglrx 7.12, you can suspend but not hibernate, and it only works 
> with Desktop Effects turned off.

Here's some more suggestion to get both suspend and hibernate working 
well with fglrx 7.12 on gutsy, with no Desktop Effects:

in /etc/defaults/acpi-support:
MODULES_WHITELIST="fglrx"
MODULES="usbhid,uhci_hcd"
SAVE_VBE_STATE=false
POST_VIDEO=false
DOUBLE_CONSOLE_SWITCH=true

The usbhid and uhci_hcd are useful if you have a usb keyboard, printer 
or camera, but not necessary if you don't.

It's working well here with these changes.  Now it's as good as radeonhd!

> 
> The only driver to work for both suspend and hibernate is the 
> experimental radeonhd at http://wiki.x.org/wiki/radeonhd
> It does not support 3D acceleration or Xv, so dvd's are not as sharp and 
> Desktop Effects do not work at all.  But, suspend and hibernate work 
> flawless.
> 
> HTH,