Re: APM Suspend Problem

[Misha Nasledov <misha@nasledov.com>]

It would be really annoying if my laptop suspended when I closed the lid; I
disabled this feature in the BIOS. I will test if it suspends with this feature
enabled, but it doesn't change the fact that there is something broken with
APM. Running 'apm --suspend' doesn't work either.

On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 01:28:53PM -0800, William Lee Irwin III wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 10:20:57PM -0800, Misha Nasledov wrote:
> > Since about 2.6.0-test9, my ThinkPad T21 no longer suspends with APM. I had
> > issues with it suspending before, I don't remember exactly what issues, but I
> > know that it definitely worked in -test2. When I hit the key on my laptop to
> > suspend, it will turn off the LCD and the HD will spin down, but the machine
> > will not actually suspend. Here is what is printed out on the console when I
> > hit the suspend key and then when I hit another key to "wake" it up:
> 
> Mine suspends okay when I close the lid, but it's never honored the
> button that I know of (or button-based suspend broke too often for me
> to notice it ever working).

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