Re: s2ram

[gun_smoke@shellium.org]

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
> 
> Thank you in advance
> -- 
> roberto

If you are able to ssh to the machine you could possible restart X or if
needed restart the machine.