Hi [Adding STR wizards to CC] On 26/08/07, Rogério Brito <rbrito@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi. > > Unfortunately, it seems that kernels later than 2.6.21 have problems > letting my powerpc iBook (G3 processor) going to sleep (suspend to > ram). > > The userland that I am using is a Debian testing (lenny) and the > default kernel that comes with it is 2.6.22, with some patches applied > and pbbuttonsd (as the daemon for making the machine sleep). > > With kernel 2.6.21, from Debian (and other earlier kernels), the > symptoms that I see when I press the power button is that the machine > goes to sleep and the led that indicates that the machine is sleeping > is blinking normally. > > If I, on the other hand, use Debian's kernel 2.6.22 or compile my own > kernel with just the necessary parts for my work (version 2.6.23-rc3 > taken from kernel.org), then I can't make the machine sleep: when I > press the button, it acts like if I had, in sequence, pressed anything > to wake it up (say, like pressing shift). > > I have already grabbed Linus's git tree and I am willing to do some > cycles of "git bisect" to discover the point where it stopped working. > > I just thought that others may have seen such behaviour before or, if > not, that being informative about what I see is of use for debugging > this. > > I would also appreciate any guidance on this as I wish kernel 2.6.23 > to be working again on powerpc machines. > > Please, if any tests are required, don't hesitate to ask me and I will > try to whatever is needed to restore the correct behaviour of sleep > with the Linux kernel. > > I have copied mailing lists that I think that are relevant. If they > aren't, then please let me know. I would also appreciate if I were > kept on carbon copies as I am only subscribed to debian-powerpc at the > moment. > > > Regards, Rogério Brito. > > P.S.: It unfortunately doesn't matter if I switch to a console or if I > am in X when I press the power button with recent kernels. > - Regards, Michal -- LOG http://www.stardust.webpages.pl/log/ _______________________________________________ linux-pm mailing list linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm
