Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 16:35:15 -0400 From: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> To: Bill Reid <wer@cstone.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ACPI battery state and resume not working on Inspiron 5150 Message-ID: <16185.20355.926047.796308@canoe.velocet.net> In-Reply-To: <3F394773.1040402@cstone.net> References: <bh5meo$1mck$1@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw> <3F394773.1040402@cstone.net>
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(it would seem your message didn't get posted to -mobile ... it was only for me, but your message seemed intended for the group) >>>>> "Bill" == Bill Reid <wer@cstone.net> writes: Bill> I have been round and round with Dell and their lack of suspend Bill> to disk. I got the utility and created the partition using Bill> their recommended documentation that was not specific for my Bill> machine (it required a floppy drive...) Bill> For the suspend to disk from Dell. The program is probably Bill> called PHDISK.EXE. You want to have enough space for ram + Bill> video ram + > 2mb. Odd. phdisk creates a 1027 meg partition for my D800. I assume this is wrong since I have 1024M of ram and 64M of video RAM. I will try editing this partition's size and see if it will change things. Bill> After many emails and finally convincing them they were Bill> incorrect... Bill> I attempted to get them to change their website since it states Bill> false information (for the 600m anyway), stating that Suspend to Bill> Disk is supported under the Power Management features. Their Bill> argument being that Microsoft supports "Hibernation". My Bill> argument being that XP implies that type of suspension but Bill> should not be listed as a feature of the hardware. It would seem that ACPI documentation states that there is 'S4' and 'S4BIOS' ... although I don't know if FreeBSD differentiates between the two. Bill> I filed a report with the BBB (do you guys think I was harsh) Bill> and hounded them until one of their engineers admitted that they Bill> would not support ACPI s4 in the BIOS directly. Bill> At this point ACPI is so busted on my machine that I can't leave Bill> it unattended for fear it will blank out and be useless. The Bill> Suspend to Disk problem is far from my mind. No battery life Bill> and s3 shuts my machine off too. Bill> I am probably going to downgrade to 5.0 Release since that is Bill> the last time I can remember ACPI not being goofed. I just Bill> don't understand what happened. ACPI is my biggest frustration Bill> with the industry and FreeBSD Current. ARe other people happy Bill> about ACPI under FreeBSD Current? Bill> sysctl reports S4 but after working with Dell I don't suspect Bill> any help will come. Bill> hw.acpi.supported_sleep_state: S1 S3 S4 S5 Bill> hw.acpi.sleep_button_state: S1 Bill> Sorry to rant but it has been on my mind. I have attempted to Bill> contribute and hack up my own asl.... posted it for a gander, Bill> patched it , followed blind sugestions. It is all getting Bill> really old. Even disabling ACPI all together will leave this Bill> machine unhappy. Bill> Does anyone offhand know when ACPI was last more stable by any Bill> chance? I remember things breaking around 5.1. Bill> S1 still works..... S1 still works for me, too... but it appears to take _more_ power than just being awake. Dave. -- ============================================================================ |David Gilbert, Independent Contractor. | Two things can only be | |Mail: dave@daveg.ca | equal if and only if they | |http://daveg.ca | are precisely opposite. | =========================================================GLO================
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