Re: [2/6] 2.6.21-rc2: known regressions

Pavel Machek <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.kernel.input,gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.linux.power-management.general,gmane.linux.acpi.devel,gmane.linux.usb.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi!

> > You're better off using the VGA console, and lettign X re-initialize the 
> > graphics device. That generally at least has a reasonably good chance of 
> > working.
> > 
> > Re-initializing graphics modes really is very hard. You can try with the 
> > BIOS video hack (I forget the kernel command line to turn it on), but we 
> > really do end up depending on X doing it better.
> 
> acpi_sleep=s3_bios has always worked for me on my ThinkPad T42p.
> 
> Even if one doesn't use the fb console at all, radeonfb apparently
> is still required on some ThinkPad models to work around BIOS bugs:
> 
> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_high_power_drain_in_ACPI_sleep#Radeon_GPU_not_powered_off


s2ram should be able to work around this, it has parts from
radeontool. (suspend.sf.net).


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