Thinkpad T43p suspend...

[Sean Carolan]

Joachim Schrod wrote:
> Allie Daneman wrote:
>> Does anyone have a Thinkpad t43p that they can suspend by hand or by
>> closing the lid ? I've looked around and can't find any info on setting
>> it up. It attempts to suspend (sleep light blinks) but it never actually
>> sleeps.

Your pain is shared by many other Ubuntu users, myself included.  Look at this 
bug list!

https://bugs.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel-acpi

I also have a T43 running Ubuntu Feisty, and it performs *miserably* with acpi 
suspend and/or hibernate.  It will either not suspend at all, or if it does it 
simply hangs when you try to wake it up.

I have *never* seen ACPI suspend and hibernate work correctly on any Windows 
or Linux system with any combination of hardware.  The only system I've used 
that actually worked the way it should every time is my wife's MacBook Pro. 
Close the lid - it sleeps!  Open the lid - wakes right up in a few seconds.

Why it is so hard to implement in Linux is beyond me, I thought acpi was a 
well documented standard.  Fortunately my job doesn't require me to be on the 
road with a laptop very often, but if it did I'd switch to Mac laptop in a 
heartbeat just to have this (IMHO) basic feature.