Re: Toshiba laptop --- resume mode
Bruce Perens wrote: By the way, my Toshiba system runs the disk about 20% faster when I use hdparm to turn on 32-bit mode. How did you benchmark that? I've tried using bonnie, and don't see any real difference with my disks when I turn 32 bit on and off. -- see shy jo -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Toshiba laptop --- resume mode
Note that in order to actually get a spindown, you'll have to increase the time interval of `update' to something like half an hour I run /dev on a ram disk, and disable cron when undocked. That seems to be enough to get the disk to spin down, regardless of the time period of update. I think the system spent a lot of time updating the dates of tty files in /dev. Thanks Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Toshiba laptop --- resume mode
Hi I am having problems with my Toshiba laptop 410CS. Resume mode doesn't work --- the machine just freezes. Any ideas Thanks Bill -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
RE: Toshiba laptop --- resume mode
On 20-Oct-97 Bill Moran wrote: I am having problems with my Toshiba laptop 410CS. Resume mode doesn't work --- the machine just freezes. Bill I'm not familiar with Toshibas, but many laptops have a BIOS setup option to activate Advanced Power Management. Turn this off and use at most basic power management. This may solve the problem (as it has done on a different laptop that I know of). You will have to put up with the disks spinning up every so often when the system syncs. Best wishes, Ted. E-Mail: Ted Harding [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 20-Oct-97 Time: 09:57:18 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Toshiba laptop --- resume mode
First, let me assure you that you can get it to work. It works great on my Toshiba 440CDT. Install the kernel-source package. As root, make menuconfig in the /usr/src/linux directory. Enable APM (it's under character devices). Enable the option for APM to blank the screen. This will work fine for both text screens and X windows, and will turn off the backlight. APM is not enabled in our generic kernel because some machines crash with it enabled. Remove device drivers that aren't used on your system. Build the kernel with make zLilo, and the modules with make modules;make modules_install. Do not install the apmd package. apmd is not reacting fast enough and it breaks resume on my system. The system resumes fine without it. Boot with the setup disk that came with the system, and set the APM parameters like screen blank time, etc. I am able to change the screen brightness with the function key with the water-faucet icon on it. Push Fn and that key. I think this is changing between the three APM options you see in the set-up disk, but I'm not sure. Thanks Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Toshiba laptop --- resume mode
By the way, my Toshiba system runs the disk about 20% faster when I use hdparm to turn on 32-bit mode. Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Toshiba laptop --- resume mode
Bruce Perens writes: First, let me assure you that you can get it to work. It works great on my Toshiba 440CDT. Also on my 430CDS. Do not install the apmd package. apmd is not reacting fast enough and it breaks resume on my system. The system resumes fine without it. I must admit that I've never had this problem myself. (And I think your problem is that apmd reacts too fast, and shuts the system down while it is in the middle of a sync.) In any case, it is easy to patch ampd. Boot with the setup disk that came with the system, and set the APM parameters like screen blank time, etc. For the terminal screen, you can set these parameters with `setterm' (-powersave and -blank options). For X, you may want to include `Option power_saver' in the XF86Config file, and then specify the BlankTime, StandbyTime, SuspendTime, and Offtime parameters. When power_saver is enables, you can `xset -dpms ...' to fine-tune these. For hard-disks, you set the spindown by using hdparm as well. However, if you use hdparm then that setting won't be retained over a resume. (I patched apmd to call the requisite script after every resume, that way I get a spindown in any of the power modes.) Note that in order to actually get a spindown, you'll have to increase the time interval of `update' to something like half an hour (in /etc/init.d/boot). Moreover, you may want to edit /etc/syslog.conf to discard most of the output from various daemons. I am able to change the screen brightness with the function key with the water-faucet icon on it. Push Fn and that key. I think this is changing between the three APM options you see in the set-up disk, but I'm not sure. Yes. Two of these are fixed, the third you can configure to your own liking. For that option, I picked low brightness (the greatest powersaver AFAICT) with fast CPU but the silent cooling method. This gets me responsiveness with a reasonable battery life for my purposes. -- Olaf Weber -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Toshiba laptop resume mode
On Sun, 13 Jul 1997, Bruce Perens wrote: The kernel we distribute doesn't have Advanced Power Management configured in because it crashes some systems. Install the kernel-source package and make a custom kernel, with APM enabled. That should handle resume just fine. FWIW my 2105 handles resume just fine with the stock debian install kernel, either 2.0.27 or 2.0.29. Of course, the PCMCIA cards disappear after powering down, but linux comes back just fine. Cheers, Pann -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Toshiba laptop resume mode
On Sun, 13 Jul 1997, Bruce Perens wrote: The kernel we distribute doesn't have Advanced Power Management configured in because it crashes some systems. Install the kernel-source package and make a custom kernel, with APM enabled. That should handle resume just fine. From: Pann McCuaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] FWIW my 2105 handles resume just fine with the stock debian install kernel, either 2.0.27 or 2.0.29. Of course, the PCMCIA cards disappear after powering down, but linux comes back just fine. Try cat /proc/apm. If it is there, APM _is_ in the kernel and my information was out of date. If not, you really should be running a kernel with it before you hit the suspend button. Thanks Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-215-3502 Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. PGP fingerprint = 88 6A 15 D0 65 D4 A3 A6 1F 89 6A 76 95 24 87 B3 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Toshiba laptop resume mode
On Sun, 13 Jul 1997, Bruce Perens wrote: The kernel we distribute doesn't have Advanced Power Management configured in because it crashes some systems. Install the kernel-source package and make a custom kernel, with APM enabled. That should handle resume just fine. From: Pann McCuaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] FWIW my 2105 handles resume just fine with the stock debian install kernel, either 2.0.27 or 2.0.29. Of course, the PCMCIA cards disappear after powering down, but linux comes back just fine. Try cat /proc/apm. If it is there, APM _is_ in the kernel and my information was out of date. If not, you really should be running a kernel with it before you hit the suspend button. No such file or directory -- your information is _not_ out of date. I have a small (40mb) partition on this laptop that I must use primarily for work-related DOS/Windows development -- I need (want) linux available, but normally boot in from DOS which keeps my modem alive, and neither the APM or PCMCIA features are important to me at this point. I just wanted to point out that, at least on this model, suspend/resume doesn't require APM (at least not if you're not using or don't need to access PCMCIA cards). Cheers, Pann -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Toshiba laptop resume mode
On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Bill Moran wrote: I am trying to install debian on a Toshiba laptop 410 CS and am having trouble making resume mode work. When I try to resume the computer hangs. I have a Toshiba Satellite T2130CT; I don't know how much that differs internally from yours. Suspend/resume works wonderfully. I just close the cover and it suspends. I had to go back to the Dos partition and enable it with the Windows Control Panel. Mine also has that function on the keyboard, but I forget which of the function-key icons is for suspend (could it be the lock? or the water faucet? or the suitcase?). Does the screen show where you left off and then it hangs, or what does it show on the screen when you restart? If I leave my computer suspended and unplugged for three days or so, I get a blank screen saying RESUME FAILURE. I then press a key and it reboots. Naturally the filesystems don't get unmounted cleanly when it dies, so fsck complains, but I have not had any major problems with it. ** MICHAEL SCOTT ORR [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ** 1405 NE 56th Street, Seattle, WA 98105 USA * English * ** Tel: +1 (206) 522-9627, fax: 328-6209 *Russki * ** Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Esperanto * * (Insert silly quote here) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Toshiba laptop resume mode
The kernel we distribute doesn't have Advanced Power Management configured in because it crashes some systems. Install the kernel-source package and make a custom kernel, with APM enabled. That should handle resume just fine. Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-215-3502 Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. PGP fingerprint = 88 6A 15 D0 65 D4 A3 A6 1F 89 6A 76 95 24 87 B3 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Toshiba laptop resume mode
HI I am trying to install debian on a Toshiba laptop 410 CS and am having trouble making resume mode work. When I try to resume the computer hangs. Any ideas? Bill -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
