Fedora Core 5 suspend = laptop can't be switched on

[Leon]

You could apply the patch by Tom. It never fails except sometimes
after wakeup playing video with xv might crash X.

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I 'made it work' on my Thinkpad X41 by patching /etc/pm/functions-intel.

I'm sure this is not really right, but it makes it work.

I'm tracking down a problem with 'vbetool post' now.....

tom

--- function-intel.save 2006-03-05 10:45:49.000000000 -0800
+++ functions-intel     2006-03-05 10:40:55.000000000 -0800
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
 resume_video()
 {
 (
-       /usr/sbin/vbetool post
-       /usr/sbin/vbetool vbestate restore < /var/run/vbestate
+#      /usr/sbin/vbetool post
+#      /usr/sbin/vbetool vbestate restore < /var/run/vbestate
+       /usr/sbin/vbetool dpms on
 ) >/dev/null 2>&1
 }
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"Felix M. Cobos" <felix.cobos at gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I just finished dowloading the Fedora Core 5 x86_64 dvd iso and
> installed it.
> Everything was fine as spected.
> So once with the system running I decided to take a look at the new
> Gnome 2.14.
> Then I clicked on the Desktop menu and then suspend, and bang!!!! my
> laptop can't boot no more. :_(
>
> I have no idea what the hell happend.
>
> The laptop is an Acer Aspire 1501LMi.
>
> Any clues?
>
> Thanks.

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Leon