Re: [LUG] Laptops anyone?

["Kelly Jones" <kj at kellyjones.worldonline.co.uk>]

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
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------
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> > > 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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