Hi! > ACPI version is 1.0.4 using Debian etch distribution. > > Dell Inspiron 5000 is really an APM BIOS machine with some early development > ACPI interface support. It used to suspend perfectly with 2.4 kernels and > apmd. > > With 2.6 kernel which I am using now only acpi module can be inserted. > > Please make this machine suspend as expected. It really sucks to turn it off > every time I only need to suspend temporarily and get back to work shortly > after that.
Please find out exact release where APM stopped working, locate change that made it stop working, find out what was wrong and submit a patch. s2ram may or may not help you, if acpi implementation on that machine is poor. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Suspend-devel mailing list Suspend-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/suspend-devel