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Re: Computer won't resume from S3



Brian McKee wrote:
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> On 8-Jan-08, at 1:26 PM, Brian McKee wrote:
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> >	I have a PC here (mainboard IBM 819966U) running Etch that seems  
> >to hang after sitting idle for a long period of time.
> >It didn't have this problem previously when using Mandrake 10.1  
> >although I have changed some of the hardware since then.
> >It _seems like_ the hard drives are the issue - they don't spin  
> >back up and any attempt at logging in at the console times out.
> >
> >It looks like the problem goes away if I change the suspend type to  
> >S1 instead of S3 in the BIOS, although I thought Linux overrode the  
> >BIOS when using ACPI?
> >
> 
> OK - so much for that idea - this morning as soon as I touched the  
> keyboard it started a long single continuous tone and never stopped.
> Won't shutdown either.  The hunt continues....
> 
> Brian
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might try adding 
acpi=off noapic
to the kernel line in grub.

I've got an 8311CCU and fiddled with the bios for a few weeks to no avail.
The above fixed it.

HTH,

Scott


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