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151012 Philip Webb wrote: |
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> I want to be able to suspend my machine to RAM overnight or when I'm out. |
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> The pkg to use seems to be Pm-utils, which I've installed. |
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> 'pm-suspend' does suspend, but only briefly : |
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> after 5 s , it restarts automatically & everything is back as before. |
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> The log file shows this happening quite clearly. |
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> I'm using Fluxbox + OpenRC ; 'suspend to Ram' is compiled in the kernel. |
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I've done further Google research. |
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Many other people have had similar problems over the past few years |
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& the only regular suggestion is that there's a problem with ECHI etc : |
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I haven't tried following that up, as it's not recent. |
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I tested Mint 17.2 Xfce , which I have installed in another partition |
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& which is very quick'n'slick : suspend has the same effect as with Gentoo. |
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I've tried changing a few BIOS settings with no apparent effect, |
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but -- mysteriously -- Gentoo (but not Mint) is now actually suspending, |
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but doesn't wake up when the power button or a key is pressed, as it should ; |
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I can power off & restart normally afterwards. |
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'dmesg' + 'syslog' simply show an immediate restart after the suspend. |
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The result of all this is that I can't suspend to RAM & restart later : |
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that merely means that I have to repopulate my workspaces after each reboot, |
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but that's something I know by rote & can easily live with. |
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However, the one good + surprising outcome concerns the I/net. |
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Getting back in touch with my ISP can be slow + unpredictable, |
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tho' it always works after a few tries, which involve powering everything off. |
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However, I've discovered that if I don't switch off the router, |
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'dhcpcd' simply reconnects after a reboot (in Mint too) |
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& the I/net is immediately available : that's what I really care about. |
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So I can power the machine off while I'm asleep or out |
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iff I don't switch off the power-bar which also feeds the router. |
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If anyone has further thoughts on this subject, |
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they mb of more general interest, but for now I can carry on. |
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SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb |
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