Re: Re: Thinkpad Z60T suspend to ram

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>  I own a Dell i510m, which has an Intel 855GM graphics card. I had very similar
>problems, and finally used the attached hibernate script configuration file to
>suspend to RAM my laptop.
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>  For using this in a nice way, I use the acpid and modifify the lid event
>file[1] that it executes a script which contains the lines[2].
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>[1]
>action=/etc/acpi/actions/STRam.sh %e
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>[2]
>if (grep -q closed "/proc/acpi/button/lid/$2/state" ) || (test "$2" == 'SBTN'); then
>  hibernate -F /etc/hibernate/ram.conf
>fi
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>Before I did all these things I used to do the following:
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>First and more reliable option, issue a video_post when the console is blank
>after the lid has been closed. I can't remember the exact URL to download it,
>but a simple google search will lead you to it.
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>The second option is using the vbetool, which I didn't get to use very much, but
>it is the one used by hibernate.
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>The last one is using the hibernate to disk and then power up the laptop, which
>is not very handy, but maybe a last alternative in emergency cases.
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>The problem comes when the video is power down, but nor properly powered up when
> opening the lid. I don't know which is to blame, but I suppose it should be
>either the bios or the video card.
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>My brain is a little dense now, but if you need more info just ask again. Sorry
>for this.
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