From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Lidakis Subject: Re: Desktop and S3 suspend the Holy Grail of ACPI? Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 17:17:15 -0500 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <4041136B.9000904@verizon.net> References: <4038F499.2060302@verizon.net> <20040225182030.GG1214@elf.ucw.cz> <40410A69.3070800@verizon.net> <20040228220435.GD10530@elf.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20040228220435.GD10530-I/5MKhXcvmPrBKCeMvbIDA@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Pavel Machek Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Pavel Machek wrote: >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 > > Should I also disable preemption? ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click