On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 21:32:27 +0000 (UTC) james <wirel...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> »Q« <boxcars <at> gmx.net> writes: > > > On my amd64 laptop, on resume from hibernation, wicd almost always > > fails to restart. This problem goes back to when I set up the > > machine, over a year ago, but it seems to have gotten a lot worse > > in the last month or so. > > Shot in the dark: Check (and google for issues with obscure bios > settings for your version of the bios. Sometime a bios > upgrade|downgrade can help, but my understanding is that hibernate on > laptops is so varied that often some brands do not work even with > redmond products. > > some marginally useful keywords: PXE and (u)efi I was hoping someone would hand me a magic bullet so I wouldn't have to go fishing for that stuff, heh. Your advice didn't help me directly, but I think just seeing it in writing was enough to prompt me to some better thinking than I was doing before, so thanks! I procrastinated about the search until my brain cell fired and I tried `hibernate --no-suspend` a few times and found that wicd didn't restart even when the machine didn't actually hibernate. Then with wicd running, I tried just `/etc/init.d/wicd restart` -- every time, it stopped but failed to restart. But if I waited a few seconds after stopping wicd, then it would start. It was a great relief to have isolated the problem from the hibernate process itself. I've solved it by abandoning hibernate's RestartServices directive and instead stopping and starting wicd more explicitly with OnSuspend 10 /etc/init.d/wicd stop OnResume 10 /usr/local/bin/wicd-delayed-start Where wicd-delayed-start is a script with /usr/bin/sleep 3 && /etc/init.d/wicd start I have no idea what's at the root of the apparent timing issue -- I figure it's that the networking gremlins refuse to be called back to work too soon once they've been told they can take a break. In case it helps future searchers, I think the relevant hardware info is: Lenovo IdeaPad y510p with Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 (rev c4).
