Re: Suspend to RAM issus on a Dell 700m

[Petros Kolyvas <pkolyvas-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

Your script works just as well (if not better), but that persistent
interactive shell using 99% of my available CPU continues to crop up.
I'm not sure where to go from here.

Thanks for the reply though!

Petros


Benedek Frank wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 12:36:48 -0400
> Petros Kolyvas <pkolyvas-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hi Folks,
>>
>>I finally got the "mem" state to function on my laptop (a state which
>>I  use extensively in that "other" OS when I'm working.)
>>
>>A few issues though... my cpu, upon return, powers up to full-speed 
>>making it impossible to truly conserve power, sort of defeating the 
>>whole process.
>>
>>It seems a rogue process (one which I can't kill)... listed only as
>>'sh  -i" is using ~99% of the available CPU cycles. I have no idea
>>where it's  coming from.
>>
>>Additionally the system gets less and less responsive with each return
>>
>>from the "mem" state. Probably due to many of these rogue processes 
>>building up and bogging the system down.
>>
>>Below is the script I used, which I found online and modified (very 
>>little) as needed. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Oh, I'm 
>>using FC4 w/ 2.6.12 (unpatched.)
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Pk
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> I have mine working perfectly, you may check my site, and compare a few
> things.
> 
> http://www.celifornia.com/documents/dell700m.html
> 
> Hope it helps
> 
> Benedek
> 
>>///
>>
>>script to drive the system to S3
>># suspend-to-ram
>>
>>if [-e /suspending]; then
>>	echo "already in the process of suspending. Please be patient."
>>else
>>	/bin/touch /suspending
>>
>>	# Step 1: preparing sleep
>>	/usr/bin/killall -s SIGUSR1 cpuspeed
>>	/usr/bin/chvt 1 # necessary to make DRI work
>>	/sbin/service anacron stop
>>	# USB doesn't suspend without unloading first
>>	/sbin/rmmod ehci_hcd
>>	/sbin/rmmod uhci_hcd
>>	#save the system time
>>	/sbin/hwclock --adjust
>>	#/sbin/rmmod wacom # only necessary of you have wacom stylus
>>	/sbin/rmmod -as
>>	/bin/sync
>>
>>	# Step 2: send sleep command via ACPI
>>	echo mem > /sys/power/state
>>
>>	# Step 3: wake-up and reload
>>	# restart the BIOS code for the video card
>>	/usr/bin/video_post
>>	# restore clock
>>	/sbin/hwclock --hctosys
>>	# reload USB modules
>>	/sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd
>>	/sbin/modprobe uhci_hcd
>>	# initialise X
>>	xinit /bin/false -- :1
>>	/usr/bin/chvt 7
>>	# restore resvices
>>	/sbin/service anacron start
>>	/sbin/service cpuspeed restart
>>
>>	rm /suspending
>>fi
>>
>>
>>
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