Re: Desktop and S3 suspend the Holy Grail of ACPI?

[Pavel Machek <pavel-+ZI9xUNit7I@public.gmane.org>]

Hi!

> >>I am new to ACPI but I have searched the archives, looked at the MAN 
> >>pages used Google to the best of
> >>my abilities and I still have some questions about ACPI. My basic goal 
> >>is to be able
> >>to suspend my desktop machine to S3 when not in use. I need to use the
> >>machine several times throughout the day, and feel it is a waste to leave
> >>it on continuously. The system spec are: Intel D875PBZ, Intel P4 3GHZ,
> >>Radeonm 9700 pro, Sounblaster Live, Debian unstable with 2.4.23 and
> >>2.6.2 kernels available, both with ACPI compiled as modules. Pressing
> >>the power button once gracefully shuts down the machine running either 
> >>kernel.
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >Try getting suspend-to-disk working, first.

> I am assuming your terse response is meant to imply that swsusp would be 
> a better alternative to S3?

I mean that swsusp is easier to make going than S3, and it is quite
usefull to know if it works for you. If it does not, its unlikely that
S3 will.

> I tried playing with suspend to disk in kernel 2.6.3. It was a no go. I 
> have highmem enabled on this machine which has 1 gig of RAM.
> Going to try pmdisk.

Forget pmdisk, that will not work anyway. Try running without highmem
(at least for a test).
								Pavel
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