With kernel-2.6.17-1.2139_FC5 my IBM T30 laptop will no longer enter sleep mode. More accurately, it won't wake up. When I close the lid and later reopen it, the old XFCE4 display lights up, but is frozen. Nothing works - CTL-ALT-F2, CTL-ALT-BS. The only option is to press and hold the power button to shutdown and reboot. I was so proud of myself for finally figuring out how to make the sleep mode work with the broken FC5. The documentation is mighty sparse. If I create these additional files, sleep mode seems to work, although I'm not sure that the battery drain is as low as it used to be: /etc/acpi/events/lid.conf: event=button/lid* action=/usr/bin/acpitool -s /etc/acpi/events/sleep.conf: event=button/sleep* action=/usr/bin/acpitool -s Sleep mode just worked out of the box with FC4. I could leave the lid closed without the charger overnight and there was still a charge in the morning. I was disappointed to find that FC5 doesn't sleep correctly by default. Now it doesn't work at all anymore. Progress??? -- David A. De Graaf DATIX, Inc. Hendersonville, NC dad@xxxxxxxx www.datix.us
