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  From: Jont Allen <jba@research.att.com>
  To  : Joshua Gioja <jgioja@usgs.gov>
  Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 18:45:22 -0500

Re: Suspend to RAM

Craig Markwardt wrote:
> 
> Alas, none of the debugging information shows anything that jumps out
> at me as being wrong.  I see a lot of cases where the machine entered
> suspend mode but never resumed -- I assume those are the crashes you
> are talking about.  In that case, the system never even makes it to
> the point where the apmd daemon has control.  A pretty hard crash.
> 
> What is strange is that you have disabled user suspends, and yet, you
> can still call "apm -s".  My understanding was that "apm -s" *is* a
> user suspend; the only system suspends are time-out based.  Did you
> receive any specific recommendation to use that particular set of
> compile flags?
> 
> I installed RedHat 6.1 on my Sony, and it seems to have the kernel APM
> module enabled by default (Linux kernel 2.2.12).
> 
> Craig

Joshua,

Does suspend/resume work under MS windows?

Do you know anyone else (ie, via a net search) that has susp/resm working
in the 380XD?

Jont

> 
> Joshua Gioja writes:
>  > I did a full backup of my system (ThinkPad 380XD) and reinstalled RedHat 6.0 on
>  > it (also has Windows 95).
>  >
>  > Once again, the problem is:
>  > When I type 'apm -s', my system suspends, but when it resumes from suspend, the
>  > display comes back but the system is frozen.
>  >
>  > Thank you for your help.
>  > Josh

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