Re: Suspend or hibernate - how?

[Travis Fraser <travis snowpatch net>]

On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 11:49, Dexter Ang wrote:
> Pete Toscano wrote:
> > On Tue, 25 May 2004, Satish Balay wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>I've tried suspend to ram - not disk. If ACPI were to work you could
> >>do the following as root:
> >>
> >>echo 3 > /proc/acpi/sleep
> > 
> > 
> > Hmmmm, this works and is surprisingly quick, but when I recover (by
> > holding down the power button for a few seconds), I've lost my pointer.
> > Anybody know how to fix this?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > pete
> 
> I've love to know as well. I'm currently using testing rpm of kernel 
> 2.6.6-1.383. The same result after resuming from suspend. I lose all 
> ability to point using my USB mouse or touchpad. Even an init 3 then 
> init 5 doesn't restore them. Only a reboot does. Also, my LCD monitor on 
> my Thinkpad T30 doesn't turn off.
> 
> My solution was to return to using apm only by added "acpi=off" in the 
> kernel parameters in grub.conf, just as Satish Balay has done. I'll 
> probably keep testing this as each new testing kernel rpm comes out.
> 
> dex
> 
What happens if you switch to a virtual terminal and suspend, then
resume and switch back to X?

Travis Fraser