Re: kernel-2.6.17-1.2139_FC5 won't sleep

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On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 09:22:47AM -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 26 Jun 2006, David A. De Graaf wrote:
> 
> >On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 09:51:36PM -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> >>On Sat, 24 Jun 2006, David A. De Graaf wrote:
> >>
> >>>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.

> >lspci says my IBM T30 laptop has this:
> >01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc
> > Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]
> >
> >I haven't accurately measured the comparative rates of battery
> >discharge while asleep vs. awake because it takes a long time to do
> >the experiment.  I will, though.
> >I do have the subjective recollection that when the earlier non-ACPI
> >system slept, the battery drain was very, very low.
> >Now, after pressing Fn-F4 to enter sleep mode, I can see that the screen,
> >although blank, seems to still have the backlight on.  That would seem
> >to use power unnecessarily, but I can't find any way to turn that off,
> >too.

> 
> OK try the following:
> 
> (1) Edit /etc/modprobe.conf and add the following:
> 
> 	options radeonfb radeon_force_sleep=1
> 
> (2) Create /etc/sysconfig/mkinitrd containing the following line:
> 
> 	MODULES="radeonfb"
> 
> (3) Rebuild your initrd:
> 
> 	mkinitrd -f /boot/initrd-2.6.17-1.2139_FC5.img 2.6.17-1.2139_FC5
> 
> (4) Reboot.
> 
> (5) Test suspend.
> 

Regrettably, this method has no discernible effect with either kernel.
Kernel 2.6.16-1.2133_FC5 still sleeps and awakens correctly.
Kernel 2.6.17-1.2139_FC5 sleeps, but awakens with a frozen X screen
and keyboard.

Thanks for the suggestion, though.
It's probably time for me to visit bugzilla.

-- 
	David A. De Graaf    DATIX, Inc.    Hendersonville, NC
	dad@xxxxxxxx         www.datix.us


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