On Thu, February 15, 2007 11:36 am, Pavel Machek said: > 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. > >> 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. (unrelated to your suspend problems) does the sony-laptop (formerly sony_acpi) module helps controlling brightness? (should appear soon or you can eventually grab it from the linux-acpi tree) >> Latest kernel I tested is 2.6.20-git11 from today. I read reports of successful suspends on that laptop, eg: http://freenet-homepage.de/obauer/index.html -- mattia :wq!