Thinkpad T43p suspend...

[Allie D.]

Thanks a ton...I'm gonna try it.
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~Allie D.


On Wed, January 23, 2008 15:25, David Vincent wrote:
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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?
>
> - -d
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