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skottish

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From: Here

Registered: 2006-06-16

Posts: 7,942

Suspend opinions for laptops

I just got a laptop (Gateway M520X) and am in the final stages of setting it up. I definitely want this machine to be able to suspend. I'm curious to hear from the community on what they are using and how well it works on their particular laptop.

elliott

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Registered: 2006-03-07

Posts: 296

Re: Suspend opinions for laptops

The standard pm-suspend that comes in pm-utils works fine for me, with a little customizing to bring the network and sound back.

cry0x

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Registered: 2007-04-11

Posts: 91

Re: Suspend opinions for laptops

I use a custom script I wrote to handle the proper unloading and loading of modules and whatnot. Necessary for me since my macbook is extremely finicky when it comes to suspend.

#!/bin/sh
/etc/rc.d/network stop                                  # Stop network service
modprobe -r ath_pci                                     # Stop wireless module
modprobe -r sky2                                        # Unload ethernet module
echo -n mem > /sys/power/state                          # Suspend
chvt 1; vbetool post; chvt 7                            # Restore consoles
modprobe sky2                                           # Load ethernet module
modprobe ath_pci                                        # Load wireless module
/etc/rc.d/network start                                 # Start network service
echo 2300 > /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan1_min # Set minimum fan speed
echo ondemand > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo ondemand > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_governor

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schivmeister

Developer/TU

From: Singapore

Registered: 2007-05-17

Posts: 971

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Re: Suspend opinions for laptops

Compaq V3000 - smooth sailing, KLaptop

current uptime: 03 days 08 hrs 06 mins

out-of-ac-time per day: 06 hrs net, so suspend somewhere around 3 to 4 times a day

surprisingly jack has been working well on stock kernel so i need not reboot.

Last edited by schivmeister (2008-01-25 19:14:14)

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