Skunk Worx wrote:
I have a desktop PC and am trying fc5t3. It's fully yum updated. For fun, I tried System->Shutdown->Suspend. I get a text screen and :Also desktops - eg knock of tonite, suspending your machine, and restart - quickly tomorrow with everything how you left it :-)Stopping tasks :===<3> BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! Pid: 643, comm cx88 tvaudio (then a register dump i guess...)I have to reset the PC to get it back up. I guess this is a feature for laptops or something?
Nice in theory, but from other mentions here, a majority of BIOS don't meet the specification for suspend; meaning that workarounds are required per dodgy bios (which would be a huge effort). The machines that it works on meet spec. Sometimes a BIOS update is released by manufacturer that improves support for suspend.
It would be nice to have FC "test" for succesful suspend/resume, and pop a dialog if it's previously failed suggesting that unless things have changed, "kids - do not try this at home". A successful resume would change the config to no longer show the message. Also, default the dialog to warn after initial install.
DaveT.