doesn't wake up after going to sleep

[Dave Jones]

On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 11:49:20AM -0800, Loomis Philanthrope wrote:
 > I can put my laptop to sleep via:
 > echo 3 > /proc/acpi/sleep
 > (to be honest, I don't understand that command, but
 > this is what I found to do on the internet.)
 > 
 > But I can't get it to wake up again. I have tried
 > pressing keys on the keybaord, the power button, and
 > the mouse.
 > 
 > I see the following in /var/log/messages
 > Feb  1 08:18:06 localhost kernel: ACPI wakeup devices:
 > Feb  1 08:18:06 localhost kernel: MDM0 GLAN USB1 USB2
 > USB3
 > Feb  1 08:18:06 localhost kernel: ACPI: (supports S0
 > S3 S4 S5)

/proc/acpi/sleep hasn't been in current kernels for months,
which would seem to indicate you're running on an out of date
distribution.

Updating and trying to use the proper methods (pm-suspend / pm-hibernate)
will probably be a good starting point.

		Dave

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