ACPI support in Linux is still early days: it could easily be that
as well; just because there are bits in your kernel for it does not
mean they work properly.
Keith will be posting a patch: please install it and test to see if
it changes the behavior.
- Jim
> In principle you are right. In standard RedHat 7.2 Kernel there is no ACPI
> support and the DELL C810 Notebook won't suspend (with or without
> graphics).
>
> This is why I checked out for a more new kernel (2.4.16) and had ACPI
> activated in it. Now it can't be a problem of the Linux Kernel ! The
> notebook will suspend when closed or when apm -s is entered, but _only_ if
> X isn't started. When X has been activated once - the notebook won't shut
> down (stating resource unavailable). But there is more to it: After
> stopping X (NVdriver stays in memory) the notebook will continue to refuse
> suspend!
>
>
--
Jim Gettys
Cambridge Research Laboratory
Compaq Computer Corporation
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