Re: Suspend and wake on lan

[Rob Walker <rob@tenfoot.org.uk>]

On Thursday 11 January 2007 11:37, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > I'm having some trouble getting wake on lan to work after the computer is
> > suspended.  Wake on Lan works if I shut down the computer normally (i.e.
> > it powers up again when I send the magic packet), but doesn't wake up
> > when I suspend the computer to disk and then send the magic packet.  I
> > ensure that wake on lan is enabled before suspending by running `ethtool
> > -s eth0 wol g`.
> >
> > The computer is an AMD Athlon, using a Gigabyte GA-71X motherboard with
> > VIA KT400 chipset.
> > The on board network chip is a RealTek RTL8139, using the 8139too driver.
> >
> > I've tried the kernel from debian testing (2.6.18) and a hand built
> > 2.6.19.1 kernel, both with the same results.
> >
> > I've tried uswsusp and the in-kernel suspend, again both with the same
> > results.
> >
> > Can you help?
>
> Rmmod 8139 driver before suspend and use shutdown, not platform, mode?
>
> 									Pavel

Thanks, that works now. 

Regards

Rob

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Rob Walker <rob@tenfoot.org.uk>
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