Suspend-to-disk on close lid does not work on FC6 and Inspiron 8200

[Brian Millett]

Filip Miletic wrote:
> Greets.
> 
> Since I installed FC6 I have the problem with the suspend-to-disk upon
> lid close on an Dell Inspiron 8200.  I used gnome-power-manager to set
> up the suspend.
> 
> When I close the laptop lid, while in the Gnome session, the only effect
> is that the X session is killed and gdm appears.  I would have expected
> the computer to suspend to disk.  This worked well on FC5.
> 
> For the record, suspend-to-disk works well if I ask for it from the
> command line or by pushing the appropriate button in the Gnome user
> interface.
> 
> Any advice how I can go about debugging this?   I looked at system logs,
> but could not find any indication that there might be a problem.


Well, this will sound strange but...

I have a dell d820 and ever since the update to the 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6
kernel, I've not been able to suspend to ram.  Never did setup for
suspend to disk.  Last time I booted, I noticed that I had BIOS A01.
Well, certainly they have a new bios.  Yep, its at A05 for the d820.

Went through the hoops of not having a floppy & no windows and upgraded
the BIOS.

Now the suspend to ram works just fine.

I suspect that the BIOS just were not quite there and the new kernel
exposed that weakness.  You might want to look at the BIOS you have.  If
it is the latest, well, then I do not know.

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