FC10 Suspend problem

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Fri, 2009-03-27 at 16:27 +0000, Hiren Joshi wrote:
> I was only using pm-suspend to try to figure out why suspend on gnome
> didn't work =)
> 
> Where can I get hold of thinkpad-acpi?

It's part of the kernel--should load automatically.  If not, create a
script /etc/sysconfig/modules/thinkpad_acpi:

        #!/bin/sh
        
        if [ ! -c /dev/input/uinput ] ; then
        	exec /sbin/modprobe thinkpad_acpi >/dev/null 2>&1
        fi
        

> 
> Thanks,
> Josh.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Timothy Murphy
> > Sent: 27 March 2009 13:41
> > To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> > Subject: Re: FC10 Suspend problem
> > 
> > Hiren Joshi wrote:
> > 
> > > I have an IBM T43 and since I upgraded to FC10 the suspend hangs, 
> > > according to pm-suspend it all powers down fine but the 
> > screen stays on 
> > > with the console and the fan stays on...... Any thoughts?
> > 
> > I can't answer your question,
> > but isn't this a rather unusual way to suspend (to disk or RAM?)?
> > 
> > I am running Fedora-10/KDE on a Thinkpad T43,
> > and suspend to RAM works exceptionally well.
> > The machine suspends automatically if the lid is closed
> > and the power is disconnected.
> > 
> > So I never need to take any action to suspend,
> > but if I did I would just click on f=>Leave=>Suspend to RAM
> > 
> > I notice that lsmod shows thinkpad-acpi on my T43.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Timothy Murphy  
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> > s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
> > 
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                Matthew Saltzman

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