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  From: Sven Kirmess <sven.kirmess@gmx.net>
  To  : apmd <apmd-list@worldvisions.ca>
  Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 13:51:26 +0100

Re: Dell Latitude CP (266Mhz) doesn't suspends in a docking station

Saturday, November 06, 1999, 3:02:59 AM, David wrote:

> I have Mandrake 6.1 running here on my laptop and everything works
> fine while OUT of the docking station (even on AC power).

> But.. when in the docking station, I can run "apm and the monitor
> shuts down but the system stays up. If I move the mouse, the monitor
> comes back on.

> The hardware in the docking station is:

>         An Adaptec 2940 controller
>         A 3Com 905C 10/100 NIC
>         A CMD 640 IDE controller

> So.  I made ALL of those devices as modules and
> unloaded them ALL and tried again.  No joy.

> Does anyone have any ideas?

Suspend to RAM doesn't work with APM. I think the laptop-specific
implementation doesn't work in the docking station, because the
hardware in the docking station couldn't reinitialize correct.

You have to wait for ACPI4Linux.


 Sven

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