On 7/3/07, Karl Larsen <k5di@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Karl Larsen wrote: > > I hit suspend on my F7 laptop and it did go to sleep. Alas I have > no idea how to wake it up. I found no docs yet but need to look at > /usr/share/doc/ perhaps.
dear Karl this is a widespread problem with FC7. I have it on my Dell d820 and i have concluded that I must not suspend until th eproblem is fixed. People will point y ou to a site where you can test quirks in pm-suspend, but I tried that and it did not help. If you go to http://bugzilla.redhat.com, and search for "suspend resume" you wil see a ton of bugs, some with many many informative posts. Today in bugzilla I read about a very promising hint. Many people who are more sophisticated than I am have gone to the trouble of recompiling the kernel over and over to isolate the problem, and they link it to a component "hpet", high performance time sync or something like that. On my Dell, the problem is that the sysstem suspends, buit it does not wake up. After putting a kernel flag hpet=disable in grub, then the system almost resumes. It wakes up, the screen comes to life, and it apears OK, except that the keyboard does not work. That's a sign they are on the right track, as far as I can tell. Some people have posted that the suspend bug has been fixed in some kernels they are testing for FC8. Unless you are compulsive like me, and want to waste two or three days trying half-assed fixes posted by everybody and his uncle, I urge you to stop and wait. You have a widespread problem and many people are fixing it. If you want to keep trying, you will have to post a lot more info. Brand of alptop, kind ovf vido card, kind of network, what config steps have you taken to deal with this. Htere is a new suspend framework in place now, pm-suspend, and its package "pm-utils" is apparently missing some important files, like vbetool There is a new thing /etc/moodules.d where troublesome modules can be isolated. Anyway, it is a hard problem and I've wasted a lot of time on it, and I'd suggest to you to be patient and monitor the posts in this list as well as the bugzila. . I would bet the bottom dollar that, when it does work, there will be an outpouring of relief and thanks messages. Sorry for the typing. I'm using an Nokia N800 "internet tablet" and a protable key board, and the print is so small I can barely make it out. good luck pj -- Paul E. Johnson Professor, Political Science 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504 University of Kansas
