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  From: Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@worldvisions.ca>
  To  : <apmd-list@worldvisions.ca>
  Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 18:14:41 -0400

Re: [FIX] X and suspend/resume

On Sat, Jul 24, 1999 at 11:38:23PM -0700, Nathan Myers wrote:

> The first part is a tiny C program.  It reports the Virtual Terminal
> that currently occupies the display:

Handy...

> The second part is a script that goes in /etc/apm/resume.d,
> called xserver-resume.  It checks whether X is actually on the
> current display, because I have found that X servers crash if
> they receive certain events when not in control of the display.

I would recommend using chvt to switch away from and back to the main X
display, _if_ your queryvt says we're on the current X terminal.  This
avoids all Xauthentication complexity, and works regardless of the X server
configuration.

Thoughts?  Does anyone think this should/shouldn't be the default setting? 
(It would be nice if suspending a Linux laptop worked for everyone out of
the box.)

Have fun,

Avery