Re: dell inspiron 8600 not working

[Spike Spiegel <debianix-whZMOeQn8C0@public.gmane.org>]

It was a dark and stormy night on 2004/07/16 when I heard Bruno Ducrot yelling:

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> 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?


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> --  Which is worse:  ignorance or apathy?
> --  Don't know.  Don't care.

one of my favorite sigs ever

tnx, bye

Spike

-- 
Excess ain't rebellion.
You're drinking what they're selling.
Your self-destruction doesn't hurt them.
Your chaos won't convert them.
They're so happy to rebuild it.
You'll never really kill it.


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