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From: Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@gmail.com>
To: "Brian J. Murrell" <brian@interlinx.bc.ca>
Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: closing lid on laptop suspends it
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:31:20 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B76EFF8.6000108@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1265718787.2459.56.camel@pc.interlinx.bc.ca>

On 02/09/2010 06:33 AM, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> I have a Toshiba Tecra M9 laptop running a 2.6.31 kernel.
>
> I'm not even sure if this is really the correct list, but if not,
> hopefully somebody can give me a gentle shove in the right direction.
>
> The problem I'm having with this laptop is that once it has booted up,
> prior to logging into the gnome desktop, if I (open if not already
> opened and then) close the lid, it suspends, even when plugged into AC.
>
> If I log into gnome, my gnome-power-manager preferences are applied and
> closing the lid with AC plugged in only blanks the screen, it does not
> suspend the laptop.

I suspect there's some power management task running even before login 
that's using some default preferences. The kernel doesn't trigger a 
suspend by itself.

>
> Additionally, after this suspend-on-lid-close operation, I get the
> following complaints on the kernel message buffer:
>
> Feb  8 12:33:58 brian-laptop kernel: [14735.616976] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
> Feb  8 12:34:03 brian-laptop kernel: [14739.756068] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0x38:1096)
> Feb  8 12:34:03 brian-laptop kernel: [14739.756075] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
> Feb  8 12:34:07 brian-laptop kernel: [14744.044665] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0x38:1096)
> Feb  8 12:34:07 brian-laptop kernel: [14744.044671] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
> Feb  8 12:34:11 brian-laptop kernel: [14748.200786] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0x38:1096)
>
> and the graphic display is no longer working.  The above of course may
> or may not be related, but might just be a casualty of some other
> problem.  I just offer it in hopes that it provides more clue as to what
> is going on.

Those messages come from the NVIDIA binary driver, we have no way of 
knowing what they mean - only they can likely help you with them..

  reply	other threads:[~2010-02-13 18:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-02-09 12:33 closing lid on laptop suspends it Brian J. Murrell
2010-02-13 18:31 ` Robert Hancock [this message]
2010-02-24 12:17   ` Brian J. Murrell

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