Thinkpad T43p suspend...

[David Vincent]

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Sean Carolan wrote:
> 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.
> 

i'm on a T30 which suspends fine with any method you use (fn+f4, close
lid, gnome buttons, click on the battery meter in the system
notification area).  hibernate didn't work so hot - i blame the video
card (ati mobility 7500 i think, 32mb) but now works perfectly since i
installed uswsusp.

had to change /etc/acpi/hibernate.sh to have only these two lines:

#!/bin/bash
s2disk

uswsusp includes the s2ram utility too which might help with suspend.
worth a shot?

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