On Tuesday, 8 May 2007 23:50, Tomas Pospisek's Mailing Lists wrote: > On Tue, 8 May 2007, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > On Tuesday, 8 May 2007 22:58, Tomas Pospisek's Mailing Lists wrote: > >> Hello Rafael > >> > >> On Tue, 8 May 2007, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > >> > >>> On Tuesday, 8 May 2007 22:02, Tomas Pospisek's Mailing Lists wrote: > >>>> On Tue, 1 May 2007, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> On Tuesday, 1 May 2007 14:13, Tomas Pospisek's Mailing Lists wrote: > >>>>>> On Tue, 1 May 2007, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Tuesday, 1 May 2007 10:13, Tomas Pospisek's Mailing Lists wrote: > >>>>>>>> On the machine here: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> $ s2ram -i > >>>>>>>> sys_vendor = "Fujitsu Siemens" > >>>>>>>> sys_product = "P6VAP-AP" > >>>>>>>> sys_version = " " > >>>>>>>> bios_version = "6.00 PG" > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> s2ram works just fine whether run from X or from the console. > >>>>>>>> s2disk works also, *but only as long as X is not started*. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Can you please check if you are able to reproduce the symptoms with > >>>>>>> the > >>>>>>> built-in swsusp, ie.: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> # echo 8 > /proc/sys/kernel/printk > >>>>>>> # echo disk > /sys/power/state > >>>>>> > >>>>>> This method doesn't work at all. What I can see is that the following > >>>>>> line is displayed: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> swsusp: Cannot find swapdevice, try swapon -a > >>>>>> > >>>>>> "swapon -a" works just fine. "swapon -s" shows me that the swap > >>>>>> partition > >>>>>> is in use. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> The effect of the suggested commands is that the command just returns > >>>>>> back to the console with the following message: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> # echo 8 > /proc/sys/kernel/printk > >>>>>> # echo disk > /sys/power/state > >>>>>> bash: echo: write error: No such device > >>>>>> # > >>>>> > >>>>> For this to work you need to append resume=<path_to_your_resume_device> > >>>>> to > >>>>> the kernel's command line and reboot (<path_to_your_resume_device> is > >>>>> the > >>>>> same as in the s2disk's configuration file). > >>>> > >>>> Thanks. > >>>> > >>>> It would be nice if there was an error message suggesting this. That > >>>> would > >>>> help the user. > >>>> > >>>> Now, I did what you suggested and the result is the same as with s2disk: > >>>> the system goes dead. That is, it is still on in the sense that the > >>>> computer leds, fan etc. are on, but the video card signal goes off (as my > >>>> monitor tells me) and the PC takes no more input nor gives it any output. > >>>> > >>>> After a reset the filesystem is a bit corrupted, thus I get an FS check > >>>> and things seems to work fine again. > >>> > >>> Really strange. > >>> > >>> Can you please check if doing > >>> > >>> # echo shutdown > /sys/power/disk > >>> > >>> before the 'echo disk > /sys/power/state' changes anything? > >> > >> Yes, it does seem to change something (however to be certain, I'd need to > >> get half a dozen samples/tries I'd say). > >> > >> Now when I execute 'echo disk > /sys/power/state' the system switches to > >> console mode (that is to VGA resolution) as it did previously, but now I > >> see some activity. The systems tells me it's suspending tasks and I see a > >> progress bar of sorts. But after that, same as before, the machine goes > >> dumb. > >> > >> This time I pinged the machine too after it went dumb: no reply. I guess > >> it's only electrically alive but the system is crashed on some level > >> (possibly far) below userspace. > > > > Which X driver do you use? > > nvidia-kernel-legacy-2.6.18-4-686, Version: 1.0.7184+6 > > Thus Nvidia's own binary blob driver together with Xorg 1:7.1.0-18. > > (just for perspective and memory refresh: s2ram works with the driver and > all)
Yes, I remember. Still, this looks like a problem with X interacting with the kernel in a wrong way and it's quite possible that the NVidia driver causes it to happen. I'm afraid I can't help you any more with that. Greetings, Rafael ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Suspend-devel mailing list Suspend-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/suspend-devel
