Quoting Alexander Volovics <awol@xxxxxxx>: > On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 07:58:53AM +0000, mwood77@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote: > > > Thanks for the ideas. I did a little more playing around and found > that > > neither ctrl-c or the apm -s & work. For some reason, it's as > though my > > command interpreter is just out to lunch. > > > If I do manage to switch to another terminal session (happened a > couple > > times, but not always) using <ctrl>+<alt>+F2, I can log in as root > but > > cannot execute anything. Same problem. It seems the kernel isn't > > awake and working or something. > > > Do you think I have to re-compile the kernel for my particular > laptop > > support? I know Dell can be weird about this stuff. If so, how do > I > > go about downloading the source through yum? > > I don't think you need to recompile the kernel. > I also have an Inspiron 8100 and never had problems with RHx, > FC1-FC3. > But then I have no need to suspend to ram or disk (when I am finished > working or have to leave I just shutdown, works perfectly all the > time :)) > > I did get 'apm -S' (capital 's') working at one time under APM, > but never used it. 'apm -s' never worked. I have not tried suspending > to ram under ACPI yet. > > By the way which BIOS have you got. I have BIOS A14. (there seems to > be a BIOS A15 also). A14 has restricted, but working, ACPI > functionality. > I have Ubuntu Linux's 'Warty' version on the i8100 at the moment > using ACPI. Judging from the instructions in the wiki and support > sections > of the Ubuntu web site you *might* get 'suspend to ram' working under > either > or both APM and ACPI on the i8100. Have a look. > > For 'suspend to disk' you would have to recompile the FC3 kernel to > enable this first. But you will need some sort of script for a clean > restore of all functionality after suspend I suspect. > > Alexander Thanks Alexander: I was sort of afraid of that. I have version A15 of the BIOS, so i'm not sure if I should be using ACPI or APM. I read somewhere that APM was the only option for suspend to disk on these laptops. Any way -- looks like it's time to dig into the kernel. While I can shut off the laptop to transport it, it takes a long time to boot and I would really rather be able to suspend it. MWood
