Re: [ACPI-sppt] sleep forever in ACPI mode S3

Derek Broughton <[email protected]>
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From: "C. Scott Ananian" <[email protected]>

> echo 3 > /proc/acpi/sleep
>  appears to work correctly on my IBM Thinkpad X20 -- except that it's
>  impossible to wake the machine back up.
> echo 1 > /proc/acpi/sleep
>  has a similar problem -- ordinary keypresses don't wake the machine --
>  but at least in this case the "power button" will bring the machine back.
>  [neither the lid nor the sleep button do, though.]
>
> Is this a known problem?  What keypresses are *supposed* to wake the
> machine?

I don't think any particularl keypress is supposed to wake the machine.  I
_think_ it's machine dependent.  On my Dell Inspiron, the power button _is_ the
wakeup button.  On both Windows & Linux.
>
> [cc replies to me; i'm not on the list.]
>
Oh, f*ck.  Why do I bother?  NO, I WON'T CC somebody who can't be bothered to do
anything more than complain to the list.  Why aren't the lists open only to
members?



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