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On Tue, 2008-05-20 at 19:14 -0700, fire-eyes wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> I just got a new Dell XPS 420 system. It has an Intel core 2 duo quad |
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> cpu. I wish to hibernate it to ram, though I'd be happy with any other |
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> form of hibernate/suspend-like behavior at this point. |
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> I'm using vanilla kernel 2.6.25.4. I have all the various |
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> hibernate/suspend etc options turned on. I installed hibernate-script, |
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> installed vbetool and configured the .conf files for hibernate-script to |
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> use it. |
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> Testing from console, no frame buffer, any of the actions (hibernate, |
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> hibernate-ram) bring the system down just fine, but when I power the |
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> system back up fully, I have no video signal. The system is fine |
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> otherwise, as I can blind-type "reboot" or "halt" and the system does so. |
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> I remember fighting with this same issue on my IBM thinkpad laptop. I |
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> have compared configurations and don't really see any glaring |
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> differences. Other than the laptop having an ATI card, and this desktop |
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> having an Nvidia GeForce 9600. |
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> The laptop has a single-core Intel CPU, but this desktop has a quad-core |
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> Intel CPU. There is a specific option in the kernel to enable |
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> hibernate/suspend etc for SMP/multicore systems, and I have enabled that. |
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> At this point I am at a loss, trying over and over again to get this |
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> working. Any tips would be much appreciated. |
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> fire-eyes / Fieldy |
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I have a similar problem with my laptop - hibernate works fine, but |
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resuming leaves me with a blank screen. I can press the power button |
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and the system will shut down cleanly. I have an nvidia card, but I've |
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stopped X and unloaded all modules. Did you get anywhere? |
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thanks, |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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A wise person makes his own decisions, a weak one obeys public opinion. |
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-- Chinese proverb |
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