[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: iBook G4 Software Suspend



On Fri, 10 Sep 2004, Bryan Forbes wrote:

> I was reading through some of the archives on this list regarding
> software suspend and I was wondering what is the best solution for an
> iBook G4 800 Mhz.  Here's my /proc/cpuinfo:
> machine         : PowerBook6,3
> motherboard     : PowerBook6,3 MacRISC3 Power Macintosh

> From rom what I see, there are 3 solutions (maybe I'm wrong):
> 1. the current kernel's software suspend.
> 2. the pmdisk patches
> 
> I'm not sure which ones support powerpc and whether I need to do some
> modifying to get them to work.  Thanks in advance!

The pmdisk works just fine.

http://honk.physik.uni-konstanz.de/~agx/linux-ppc/kernel/

To get it work, you have to use
	- xfree86 from debian/unstable
	- Unload all USB modules
	- then suspend
	- the fake-sleep patch is only needed for pmud, pbbuttonsd doesn't need
		this patch.

--
mfG Florian Reitmeir



Reply to: