From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger Subject: Re: Re: Resume -> higher power drain? Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 15:52:52 +0200 Message-ID: <427F6B34.2060700@gmx.net> References: <427CC869.1050506@kernelconcepts.de> <427CC869.1050506@kernelconcepts.de> <427CC9B3.7060005@gmx.net> <427CC869.1050506@kernelconcepts.de> <427CC9B3.7060005@gmx.net> <1115475297.10424.4.camel@localhost> <20050507144417.GA3100@isilmar.linta.de> <427CDE7B.5040306@kernelconcepts.de> <427CE3EF.1010005@kernelconcepts.de> <20050507200225.GB8212@elf.ucw.cz> <20050509090724.GA7781@message-id.gmane0305.slipkontur.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20050509090724.GA7781-l0tNAEGuAhhzZ8+rp42Dbp9+tswZ0GTaehPwdyo5hKaELgA04lAiVw@public.gmane.org> Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Stefan Seyfried schrieb: > On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 10:02:25PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > > >>>So at least for my T42p I can recommend NOT to use vbetool at all for >>>suspend/resume but rather to use s3_bios! >> >>Can you suggest a patch to Documentation/power/video.txt? > > > according to some X guys, vbetool vbestate save/restore is "problematic" > at least and should only be used as a measure of last resort, if everything > else fails. > > That said, a recent X.org radeon driver should post the card, bring the light > back on (it does on my Dell D600) and make vbetool unnecessary on ATI radeon > chipsets A recent X.org radeon driver will switch on the backlight and crash afterwards on my Samsung P35, exactly the thing "vbetool post" does. However, POSTing is not enough for my card, I have to restore the vesa state to actually see something on screen. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. Get your fingers limbered up and give it your best shot. 4 great events, 4 opportunities to win big! Highest score wins.NEC IT Guy Games. Play to win an NEC 61 plasma display. Visit http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20