Re: X/AS hangs upon suspend/resume on a Linux laptop
egaudet@exoffice.com
Thu, 15 Apr 1999 20:35:20 +0900 (KST)
Le 14-Apr-99 Alexy Khrabrov racontais :
> Aftersteppers --
>
> I solved the problem. It turns out APM was in
> fact not enabled. This is because RH has Linux
> kernel in /boot/vmlinuz-xxx... by default,
> contrary to the usual /vmlinuz. Thus, saying
> "make zlilo" when recompiling the kernel enabling
> APM is not enough; you have to manually copy it to
> /boot and edit /etc/lilo.conf. I don't know why
> RH does that, except their claim /boot can be a
> very small partition and thus work even on old
> systems. Uff.
>
can you be more specific, please : I compiled my kernel 2.2.1 with apm, then
copied it to /boot/vmlinux-2.2.1 and edited /etc/lilo.conf to boot with
vmlinux-2.2.1 (I don't even have an other vmlinux in my /boot/). I still have
those hangings with AS when suspending. What did I miss ?
> So those hangings were the normal reaction of the
> stunned Linux which suddently was cut off the
> processor. The imemdiate cause of the hangups
> were two divisions by 0, one caused by xeyes. It
> could be observed on the virtual console. So, for
> fun, I learned that Linux works on the Inspiron
> even without APM enabled in the kernel, if you
> don't run X. :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Alexy
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E-Mail: egaudet@exoffice.com
Date: 15-Apr-99
Time: 20:28:20
Eric GAUDET
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