Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > >> I own an older Sony Vaio SRX51P, European Model, P3 based. s2ram >> identifies it with >> >> sys_vendor = "Sony Corporation " >> sys_product = "PCG-SRX51P(DE) " >> sys_version = "01 " >> bios_version = "R0232U2" >> >> Suspend to RAM by using "s2ram -v -m -f" actually works and the >> laptop comes back to life, is accessible by network, etc. kudos >> so far. >> The only but serious problem is, that the lcd stays off after >> resume. No matter what kind of options for s2ram I try, if I disable > > Is the _lcd_ off or the _backlight_ off? Use bright flashlight to > tell. The lcd. If you press the lid button you get the same effect (but you cannot use it to turn the lcd on again :-(( ). But I'll doublecheck with a flashlight nevertheless. >> framebuffer or suspend from X, the lcd always stays off. Only >> a reboot fixes this. Note that the X driver also cannot dis-/enable >> the lcd (xset dpms force off). It always stays lit. I also tried >> with i810switch, but that also does not affect the lcd. >> spicctrl -b42 neither. >> Latest kernel I tested is 2.6.20-git11 from today. >> >> So has anyone of you suspend, acpi, sonypi, fb people an idea how to fix >> this? I suspect one has to call some magic ACPI method upon resume? What >> other kind of information would be needed to debug this? Anything more >> to try? Are there some sony people here listening who can fix this? > > sonypi people actually might know how to help... > >> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82815 CGC > [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 11) > > Wait a moment, did not Intel release nice, commented, GPLed sources > for their graphics cards somewhere? That might help. URL? But I suspect the lcd on/off is controlled by some embedded controller or such (reachable via acpi, at least I've an EC0 in /proc/acpi/). Jan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
