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Re: [LUG] Laptops anyone?



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Hi Kelly (and D&CLUG),

A late reply, but poking around on the net turfed up this snippet...

> APM
> Works... once. Not so good. 

> If the bios is patched to version 1.20 you must select the 
> CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS option (with 2.2 kernels). Otherwise the computer
> will hang after resuming after suspend. If you are using an earlier 
> kernel, edit the file linux/drivers/misc/apm_bios.c. Change 
> 
> #define APM_NOINTS 
> 
> to 
> #undef APM_NOINTS 
>
> Remember, change this only if you have BIOS 1.20. 


from http://www.sics.se/~pelin/thinkpad560.shtml

Hope that helps!

Best regards,

Gary



On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:21:58 -0000 Kelly Jones <kj at kellyjones.worldonline.co.uk> wrote:

> cheers for the reply, i don't have any pc cards so it can't be that
> the hibernation file must exist as it suspends properly from windows and i
> noticed a fairly large drop in disk space after i installed IBM's T'Pad
> software
> I have also heard about problems with the floppy drive but my problem exists
> at all times, i have never been able to successfully resume after entering
> suspend or hibernation.
> if i shut the lid the whole pc freezes
> How do i check the kernel version, i am using Mandrake 7.2 which i
> understood had the latest kernel
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Stringer" <G.B.Stringer at exeter.ac.uk>
> To: <lug-list at area51.termisoc.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 2:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [LUG] Laptops anyone?
> 
> 
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> > On Mon, 5 Feb 2001 23:28:55 -0000 Kelly Jones
> <kj at kellyjones.worldonline.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > I see you mentioned an IBM thinkpad 560, i have mandrake 7.2 running on
> my
> > > thinkpad but i can't get suspend to work.
> > > The laptop suspends ok but is locked up when i resume, CTRL, ALT,
> BACKSPACE
> > > does nothing and i have also tried manually suspending from a command
> line
> > > but this still locks up the machine.
> > > I would be grateful if you could shed any light on this as apart from
> that
> > > Linux runs very well and it is the only thing stopping me from running
> Linux
> > > all the time.
> >
> > Hmmm, is it a 560? This seems different to the problems I had - mine
> wouldn't go into
> > suspend at all. I did get a similar effect when I used wdm rather than
> xdm, but that was
> > on startup. I got round it by switching bvack to
> >
> > Couple of things to check:
> >
> >   1. Are you ejecting pcmcia cards before suspending?
> >   2. Is it trying to use a non-existent hibernation file (eg Redisafe)?
> >   3. Does it only happen after using the floppy drive, or does it not work
> after every
> > suspend?
> >
> > There's a few more things worth trying - get back to me with more details
> (eg kernel
> > version and config) and I'll have a poke around in my archives...
> >
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Gary Stringer" <G.B.Stringer at exeter.ac.uk>
> > > To: <lug-list at area51.termisoc.org>
> > > Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 5:40 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Laptops anyone?
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi Simon,
> > > >
> > > > I've been 'lurking' on the lug-list for a while, so thought I'd come
> out
> > > of the woodwork
> > > > on this one ... I've been running Debian on an ancient and venerable
> IBM
> > > ThinkPad 560 for
> > > > about three years (just upgraded to a 2.4 kernel).
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 05 Feb 2001 17:01:21 +0000 Simon Waters
> > > <Simon at wretched.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Just stuck Linux on my Laptop (Acer Travelmate 200DX) despite the...
> > > >
> > > > There's a few useful web pages dedicated to linux laptops, try:
> > > >
> > > >     http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/
> > > >     http://mobilix.org/Mobile-Guide.db/Mobile-Guide.html
> > > >
> > > > And specifically for the Travelmate 200 series:
> > > >
> > > >     http://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/~steve/travelmate/
> > > >
> > > > X is always a pig to set up on laptops; it's usually easiest to find
> > > someone who's done
> > > > it already on your make/model and steal their Xconfig...
> > > >
> > > > The other thing that I found messy was suspend/hibernate, but that's
> > > because ThinkPads
> > > > are a bit non-standard on that front, I think. It took a lot of
> tinkering
> > > to get it
> > > > working, but now it's far more stable than the windows
> suspend/hibernate
> > > ;-) Support for
> > > > laptops has steadily improved over the last few years.
> > > >
> > > > Good luck, and keep persevering!
> > > >
> > > > Gary
> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > > > Gary Stringer                Humanities Computing Officer
> > > > Pallas (Humanities Computing) at University of Exeter, UK
> > > > G.B.Stringer at exeter.ac.uk      http://www.ex.ac.uk/pallas
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G.B.Stringer at exeter.ac.uk      http://www.ex.ac.uk/pallas
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