Re: resume changes, please test

From: Nate Lawson <nate_at_root.org>
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 14:07:13 -0700
Stefan Ehmann wrote:
> On Sunday 11 June 2006 22:34, Nate Lawson wrote:
>> Stefan Ehmann wrote:
>>> On Saturday 10 June 2006 19:43, Nate Lawson wrote:
>>>> I've committed some overall minor changes to the resume assembly code as
>>>> a result of a code review.  Please test to be sure nothing was broken,
>>>> and perhaps something got improved along the way.
>>>>
>>>> Now there is also a tunable/sysctl "debug.acpi.resume_beep".  Setting it
>>>> to 1 will beep the pc speaker very early in resume so we can figure out
>>>> if hangs on resume are a driver or acpi problem.
>>> Just updated my Toshiba M30X notebook.
>>>
>>> With old kernel (probably some weeks old):
>>> Resume worked, most of the time I had to press Fn+F5 to switch back to X.
>>> Otherwise worked fine.
>>> (Fn+F5 switches between TFT and external monitor normally)
>>>
>>> Kernel from today:
>>> If in X, resume works fine (Don't have to press Fn+F5 to get back to X).
>>>
>>> But console is strange. Normally the console uses the whole screen, after
>>> resume it takes maybe half of the screen (a small region in the middle of
>>> the screen is used).
>>>
>>> If I suspend while in console, resume basically works but I can't see
>>> anything on the display. I can still ssh to the notebook.
>> Try enabling hw.acpi.reset_video (sysctl or tunable).  Perhaps the
>> default used to be 1 for you.
> 
> Indeed, everything works again as before.
> 
> Thanks.

Great to hear.  The default was changed from on to off since it causes 
problems on some systems.

-- 
Nate
Received on Sun Jun 11 2006 - 19:09:01 UTC

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