On Wednesday 31 January 2007 11:32, Justin W wrote: > clemens@xxxxxxx wrote: > > I have read the cautions in SWSUSP and SUSPEND2, and wonder if > > anyone is actually using either of these on a Laptop? > > > > There seem to be so many caveats, > > (a) stop devices before suspending, unload drivers > > (b) USB wont be there when you come back > > (c) and on and on. > > > > That I have to wonder how useful either of these actually is. > > > > If I were trying to put this on MY machine I would just do the > > experiments, but this is for a friends machine that I am setting up, and > > I would rather NOT install this stuff at all than give him something that > > would cause more grief than > > help. > > I use suspend extensively (both to ram and to hard disk). I've only > noticed problems with network connections (both LAN and WLAN because > DHCP doesn't re-run on waking up) and sound (though that deals with a > bug in Flash). All other things seem to keep working. My USB mouse > continues to work during suspends. I don't have any specific problems > with drivers, but I don't have any high tech graphics card which appear > to cause more problem (just a generic Intel integrated video card). > > Mostly the functionality will all depend upon the hardware within the > computer. > > Hope this helps a bit. > > Justin W I use it from time to time with FC5 on an IBM thinkpad Z60m - works flawlessly.
