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Re: ACPI sleep/hibernation mode



On Wed, 07 May 2003 16:07:17 +0200
Emil Pedersen <emilp@update.uu.se> wrote:

> I am using nvidias (closed source) driver, but the problem is that I
> can't suspend.  There seems to be problem with nvidia on resumes that
> can be solved by starting a fake x server, but I never get that far.
>   The problem I run into when suspending is something "... panic ...
> request while ide blocked ...".  I've found old references to this
> problem, but no recent ones so I assume it works for most people.

Actually I think that people stopped asking for that feature :P
AFAIR if you look into the small sources available with the driver you
should find something about suspend commented out (actually it's quite a
lot I don't look into them but it's worth a try).
  
> Thanks for mentioning agpgart, I'll see if I'm using it and try to
> dissable it if so.  Now that you mention it I recall some (other?)
> problem mentioned in nvidias docs regarding agpgart...  Sudenly it
> feels like a good day to quit work early (as the laptop is left at
> home;-)

otherwise you could give a quick try to XFree nv module too :)

have a nice afternoon!

--
mattia



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