Bug#432468: does not resume from suspend-to-RAM on toshiba satellite m70

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007, Zack Weinberg wrote:

> Package: linux-image-2.6.21-2-686
> Version: 2.6.21-5
> Severity: normal

could you try against 2.6.22 from unstable?
linux images install just fine in testing.
 
> My laptop - a Toshiba Satellite M70 [I believe this was a model sold only
> in Canada, not that that stopped Newegg from selling it to me ;-)] suspends
> to RAM just fine, but never comes back.  I have experimented extensively
> with 'pm-suspend' -- the behavior is always the same: when I push the
> power button or reopen the lid, the power light goes from blinking to solid,
> the fan turns on, the hard drive spins up, and then nothing.  The screen
> remains blank, the backlight off, and the keyboard unresponsive.
> The only way to get it out of this state is to hold down the power button
> until the computer turns off, and then turn it back on.

did you try to ssh to the box?
is it dead or do you only need to switch vc to get backlight on again.
aka several times <ctrl>+<alt>+<f8> <ctrl>+<alt>+<f7>
 
regards

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maks