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  From: Sven Kirmess <sven.kirmess@gmx.net>
  To  : apmd <apmd-list@worldvisions.ca>
  Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 23:33:44 +0100

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

Sunday, November 07, 1999, 8:54:17 PM, David wrote:

>>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.

> Hmmmm.. its interesting that it works while OUT of the docking
> station though.

Yes. But I think a laptop in a docking station is a desktop PC and you
can't suspend to RAM/disk a desktop PC with APM. You need ACPI.

> Is there an ETA for the ACPI code for Linux?

ETA?

http://phobos.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de/acpi/


 Sven

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