On Wed, Jan 13, 1999 at 01:08:07PM +0000, Achim Steinmetz wrote:
> I hate to followup myself, but it is necessary here. Yesterday I
> tested APM with 2.2.0pre6 again after I deleted the hibernation
> file. The effect is that then Suspend is the same as Standby, so apm
> -s does the same as apm -S. No difference.
I had suspend problems with an IBM 385XD. I had to downgrade the BIOS
to version 1.01 to get around it. I was using kernel 2.0.35.
Another problem with the 385XD is that it would refuse to suspend
if there was a PCMCIA card inserted; it went into Standby instead.
> I am not sure whether Standby is a safe mode to travel with a
> laptop. Does anyone know if it is ?
The problem with Standby is that it uses more power, because the
machine is still running -- only the display and hard disk are
powered down, as far as I can tell. I didn't test the limits
on battery life on the 385XD under Standby (it's not my machine).
I would guess it's less than a day.
