Re: s2ram

[Nick Lidakis <nlidakis@verizon.net>]

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:54:13AM +0200, roberto wrote:
> hello, i usually switch to standby mode using:
> s2ram -f -p -m
> 
> 
> sometimes, it happens the laptop switches on correctly but the screen
> stays blank and the keyboard irresponsive:
> i could not figure out the issue but i'd like to know if there is
> anyway to bypass the forced shutdown i have to do afterwards, by
> pressing for 4-5 seconds the on/off button.
> 
> It is not a safe way, you know !
> My laptop has: linux 2.6.26, debian 5.0, kde 3.5.1
> RAM: 2GB
> Swap: 2GB

What video card? Same thing happened to me when s2ram -f -p -m used to work
but now freezes my machine. I now use s2ram -f -p -s and all is well with the
world. This is on a desktop with Radeon X1300 PCI-E card.