From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266345AbUGPMBO (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jul 2004 08:01:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266453AbUGPMBO (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jul 2004 08:01:14 -0400 Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net ([204.127.202.55]:12189 "EHLO sccrmhc11.comcast.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266345AbUGPMBL (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jul 2004 08:01:11 -0400 From: John M Flinchbaugh Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 08:01:10 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: observations of swsusp and s3 Message-ID: <20040716120110.GA26122@butterfly.hjsoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="lrZ03NoBR/3+SXJZ" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040523i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --lrZ03NoBR/3+SXJZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 1. using kernel 2.6.7 on my dell inspiron 3800, i've noticed that the=20 clock that assigns start times to processes is running behind, and i=20 suspect it could have something to do with having suspended (s4) the=20 machine: john@density:~$ date Fri Jul 16 07:42:29 EDT 2004 john@density:~$ ps u | grep ps john 4194 0.0 0.2 2528 848 pts/11 R+ Jul15 0:00 ps u john 4195 0.0 0.1 1576 460 pts/11 S+ Jul15 0:00 grep ps 2. swsusp will fail to get free enough space if laptop_mode is enabled. disabling laptop_mode (in /proc/sys) before s4 suspending allows it to work. i was pretty sure it should have worked, since i only have 384M ram and i saw 600M swap free. 3. when swsusp was broken, i found that s3 actually worked for the most part. my script switches from my x session on vt7 to vt12, suspends, and when it resumes, i have it chvt back to 12. this enabled the display again nicely. if i try to switch to a console login (vt1-6), they're completely black. closing the lcd lid and reopening it turns it back on, so it's _really_ close to functioning nicely. --=20 ____________________}John Flinchbaugh{______________________ | glynis@hjsoft.com http://www.hjsoft.com/~glynis/ | ~~Powered by Linux: Reboots are for hardware upgrades only~~ --lrZ03NoBR/3+SXJZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA98OGCGPRljI8080RAvHhAJ9DVzy5qQPni+N0PZu83WWracYqfgCfYaMJ sQs2ota+PxVHXxbNrxSO/6k= =rxlu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --lrZ03NoBR/3+SXJZ--