Problems with suspend on a fresh install

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Marius Gedminas @ 08/06/2007 02:57 PM:
> On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 12:05:14AM -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
>> ime, the inspirons usually need a VBE POST to reset the display on resume. 
>> The simplest thing to do to check is Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to a console and
>> log in, enter: vbetool post (but don't press return).  Hibernate/suspend
>> and resume, ctrl-alt-f1 and hit enter.  If your display comes back, that's
>> the problem.
>>
>> How you get the resume to do this automatically in Gnome, I couldn't tell
>> you.
> 
> Edit /etc/default/acpi-support
> 

can you please provide more details?  where to edit?  what exactly to
add?  i tried fiddling with this file and couldn't make any progress.

i am using intrepid 8.10 now though, but, still, issuing the command
"sudo vbetool post" indeed brings the display alive after resuming from
suspend/hibernate.
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