From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bruno Ducrot Subject: Re: dell inspiron 8600 not working Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 19:26:03 +0200 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20040716172603.GY6326@poupinou.org> References: <20040716110537.GA4398@localhost> <20040716152439.GX6326@poupinou.org> <20040716162524.GC5541@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040716162524.GC5541-bi+AKbBUZKZeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Spike Spiegel Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 06:25:24PM +0200, Spike Spiegel wrote: > It was a dark and stormy night on 2004/07/16 when I heard Bruno Ducrot yelling: > > [cut] > > If really what you need is suspend/resume especially on a 2.4 kernel, > > you may want to test if APM work better for you. > > uhm, thought APM wasn't supported anymore by this BIOS. > > >2.4 kernels do support > > only S1 and S4bios (and maybe S4 via some patches), but AFAIK, > > developpers loose interrest to support those functionnality in a 2.4 > > kernel, and those S1 and S4bios are likely unstable under 2.4. > > ok, guess I'll try to upgrade in a little while, I really need susped to > disk. > > Could you please point me somewhere I can read about required steps > to get S4 working on 2.6? If your only need is S4, you should try http://softwaresuspend.berlios.de/ which have been reported to work pretty well with 2.4 kernel also.. -- Bruno Ducrot -- Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? -- Don't know. Don't care. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721&alloc_id=10040&op=click