First, let me say that powersaved revolutionized the way I interact with my
Linux laptop and I owe the developers a world of thanks. Since I first
started running it in late 2006 until a few months ago it has really been top
notch. Thanks!
That being said, about two months ago things really started to fall apart.
Not quite sure what the specific moment in time was or what package got
upgraded... but since then suspending has been a real nightmare. Here are
some specifics about my setup:
Hardware: Toshiba Protege R200-S234
Video Card: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics
Controller (rev 03)
Wifi: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
Distribution: Debian/Unstable
powersaved: 0.14.0-7
kpowersave: 0.7.2-3
acpid: 1.0.4-7.1
s2ram: not installed... caused weird graphic issues on resume
Note: given my wifi hardware I am running the madwifi module which I am aware
can cause problems. However, suspend ran without any problem for months. I
presume the powersaved module remover magic took care of it. That being
said, I know I have updated the madwifi drivers in the past four months, so
it's possible (although unlikely) that is the source of my problem.
The problem is essentially this... when I suspend using powersaved it does
not always successfully suspend. When everything goes according to plan X
will close and two lines about suspending appear in the console. Then the
screen goes black and the blue indicator light turns to a pulsing
yellow/orange light. When it fails, X goes away but often leaves an inch of
random pixels at the top of the screen. Instead of just the two lines of
text there is nearly an entire screen full of text, all of which seems to be
related to suspending (I can copy it down and send it if that would be
helpful). Then the fan starts going REALLY fast and the blue indicator light
stays on. The only way to recover the laptop is to hold the power button
down for 4 seconds to reboot. I have attached a copy of my most recent
suspend2ram.log file... the file is always identical regardless of whether
the suspend succeeded or failed.
For the first month or so this was very random, sometimes it would work,
sometimes it wouldn't. I could go for several days (suspending at least four
times a day) without a problem. But recently things changed... now after a
fresh reboot I can suspend once without any problem everytime. But, the
second suspend ALWAYS fails.
Now, here's the odd thing. When I first got my laptop I used a simple command
to suspend "echo mem > /sys/power/state" It works every time, no problem. It
still works today, every time, no problem. I investigated the configuration
options for powersaved and can't find a place to tell the system to use that
command instead of what it's currently doing.
Thus, I turn to this fine list and its experts for advice. I really would
like to continue to use powersaved, as it intergrates so nicely with KDE...
but not being able to reliably suspend is really putting a crimp in my style.
If you know what I mean ;)
Thanks,
Sean
--
Sean Kellogg
e: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
w: http://blog.probonogeek.org/
So, let go
...Jump in
...Oh well, what you waiting for?
...it's all right
...'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
suspend2ram initiated: 2007-07-07 12:49:16
Debug info follows here, please include in your bug reports. Thanks.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Loaded modules:
Module Size Used by
uhci_hcd 22608 0
ath_pci 88096 0
i915 21280 2
drm 73908 3 i915
rfcomm 35480 3
l2cap 22208 5 rfcomm
ppdev 8580 0
parport_pc 32740 0
lp 10884 0
parport 33672 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
button 7952 0
ac 5220 0
battery 10020 0
acpi_cpufreq 8680 1
cpufreq_userspace 4128 0
cpufreq_stats 5120 0
cpufreq_powersave 1792 0
cpufreq_ondemand 7884 1
freq_table 4512 3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
cpufreq_conservative 6888 0
ipv6 236320 18
dm_snapshot 16420 0
dm_mirror 20116 0
dm_mod 52556 2 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror
toshiba_acpi 6296 0
tcp_diag 1760 0
inet_diag 11336 1 tcp_diag
hci_usb 16220 0
bluetooth 48484 5 rfcomm,l2cap,hci_usb
ide_cd 36512 0
cdrom 32768 1 ide_cd
pcmcia 35276 0
firmware_class 9408 1 pcmcia
sdhci 16652 0
wlan_scan_sta 12416 1
ath_rate_sample 11712 1
mmc_core 26340 1 sdhci
joydev 9152 0
tsdev 7520 0
snd_intel8x0m 16716 0
snd_intel8x0 32060 0
snd_ac97_codec 92356 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm_oss 39168 0
snd_mixer_oss 15328 1 snd_pcm_oss
ac97_bus 2272 1 snd_ac97_codec
yenta_socket 24876 1
rsrc_nonstatic 11968 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 36884 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
wlan 182468 4 ath_pci,wlan_scan_sta,ath_rate_sample
ath_hal 191408 3 ath_pci,ath_rate_sample
snd_pcm 71940 4 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 20868 1 snd_pcm
snd 48132 7 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 7424 1 snd
psmouse 34952 0
snd_page_alloc 9512 3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
serio_raw 6564 0
iTCO_wdt 9956 0
intel_agp 23004 1
agpgart 32168 3 drm,intel_agp
rtc 12760 0
sky2 40488 0
pcspkr 3136 0
evdev 9216 5
ext3 120904 1
jbd 55208 1 ext3
mbcache 8164 1 ext3
ide_disk 15648 3
ata_generic 8100 0
libata 109172 1 ata_generic
scsi_mod 133740 1 libata
piix 9508 0 [permanent]
generic 4804 0 [permanent]
ide_core 115016 4 ide_cd,ide_disk,piix,generic
ehci_hcd 30796 0
usbcore 123304 4 uhci_hcd,hci_usb,ehci_hcd
thermal 14120 1
processor 30888 2 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
fan 4868 1
Memory info:
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 507752 433168 74584 0 33404 166356
-/+ buffers/cache: 233408 274344
Swap: 1518100 76 1518024
/proc/cmdline: root=/dev/hda3 ro vga=791 splash=silent
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
========we are going to sleep, preparing.========
== checking runlevel ==
no shutdown/reboot in progress, good.
Stopping services: ('slmodemd irda upsd apcupsd anacron' configured)
stopping anacron:
## Stopping anac(h)ronistic cron: anacron.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unloading modules: ('usb_storage sbp2 ohci_hcd uhci_hcd stir4200 ohci1394 rt2500 prism54 ath_pci r8169 lt_modem Intel536 Intel537 ndiswrapper' configured)
checking usb_storage
checking sbp2
checking ohci_hcd
checking uhci_hcd
# trying to unload: uhci_hcd
unloaded: uhci_hcd
checking stir4200
checking ohci1394
checking rt2500
checking prism54
checking ath_pci
# trying to unload: ath_pci
unloaded: ath_pci
checking r8169
checking lt_modem
checking Intel536
checking Intel537
checking ndiswrapper
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
prepare_sleep finished for suspend2ram
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/usr/sbin/s2ram not found, falling back to echo.
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