Damn! When I install Ubuntu Edgy, everything worked out of the box for me on my Dell Inspiron 6000 (1.73ghz, 1gb RAM, i915 Video, ipw2200 wireless). It was nice. The wireless worked no problems (Fedora 3-6 I had to configure Network-Manager and install firmware). Suspend & Hibernate worked just fine. Well, after about three weeks, I had this problem, where I didn’t do any updates & install anything new. I was happy with my system as it was. But, the suspend/hibernate functions quit working.
When, I would suspend, it would goto standby just fine. Then I would either open the laptop lid or press the power button to start it back up, and it would hang when trying to load the X Server. Now, I looked at every possible problem. Maybe, my grub settings where wrong, an error in the xorg.conf file or how about the /etc/defaults/ folder?
Today, I had a few minutes to play around with it. Later today, I have a meeting and not a lot of battery life, so I wanted to have the presentations all ready to go, then resume. I played around with the VBERestore=true option in the xorg.conf file. No difference. After going through all of the system logs, I noticed ‘Resume Failed’ after trying to load the ieee architecture with works with the ipw2200 wireless drivers. So I played around with the /etc/defaults/acpi-support file. I added ‘STOP_SERVICES=”network-manager 915resolution”. And nothing. So then I added ‘nm-applet’ to the STOP_SERVICES. Works like a charm. No more problems, suspends & hibernates.
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February 20, 2007 at 9:38 pm
ALEXSANDRO
The Ubuntu distribution simplifies Linux by providing a sensible collection of applications, an easy-to-use package manager, and lots of fine-tuning, which make it possibly the best Linux for desktops and laptops. Readers of both Linux Journal and TUX Magazine confirmed this by voting Ubuntu as the best Linux distribution in each publication’s 2005 Readers Choice Awards. None of that simplification, however, makes Ubuntu any less fun if you’re a hacker or a power user.
http://extremedigital.wordpress.com/2007/02/20/ubuntu-hacks/
July 11, 2007 at 12:28 am
parlay
I cannot get my computer to hibernate or suspend. I’m running Fiesty on an Inspiron 6000 and it is driving me crazy. I have tried so many times to get it to work right, and it wont!
That blog post there is the only clue I have found to getting hibernate to work. And darn it if I’m too noobish to understand what you did! ARGH. If you could email me and give me a explanation or like a screenshot acpi-support file I’d love you for ever, and I’m serious.
Lifeisaconcert@gmail.com
PLEASE HELP