Well, I've always been able to hit the sleep button on my laptop (Compaq 1800 series, at different times running RH 7.2, 7.3, 8.0 and Gentoo 1.2) and have it work well. But it sounds like that isn't working for you, so that probably doesn't help.
Does your kernel support APM or ACPI? That may make a difference on specific laptops, and I don't believe the kernel allows you to compile in both at the same time. --- Matthew Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anybody out there ever been able to successfully suspend a > Linux session on a laptop? If so, how difficult is it? Is there > a utility that does it? > > When I right-click my battery monitor in Gnome, I'm given the > option to suspend my computer. However, when I take that option, > I get a message that states, "Suspend wasn't setup correctly in > the preferences. Please change the preferences and try again." > Well, I can't seem to find anything related to suspending my > computer in my preferences or in my system settings. > > I have been able to hit the sleep button on this thing, and get > some results, but I get a few undesirable results. For example, > my ethernet card stays on when I suspend, but stops working when > I wake the computer back up. > > Also, Is it possible to suspend to disk? Theoretically, I believe > its possible to suspend both a windows session and a Linux session > to disk in parallel, enabling me to jump between each session > quickly. > > I'm running RH 8 on a Dell Inspiron 4000. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
