Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 16:59:37 -0400 From: "Rong-En Fan" <grafan@gmail.com> To: "Nik Clayton" <nik@ngo.org.uk> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.x on an IBM T42 laptop Message-ID: <6eb82e0605081359r4f784903g5e996a22d4b479e7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <445FAFC2.3020607@ngo.org.uk> References: <200605052008.k45K8oLm060421@crimson.hydrus.org.uk> <445FAFC2.3020607@ngo.org.uk>
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On 5/8/06, Nik Clayton <nik@ngo.org.uk> wrote:
> Mark Willson wrote:
> >> I've got an IBM T42 laptop that's currently running 5.4, and it's work=
ing
> >> nicely at the moment. ACPI works well enough that suspend to RAM work=
s
> >> ('zzz'), the audio works, USB devices are recognised, and the battery =
life's
> >> reasonable (with est enabled).
> >>
> >> Is anyone aware of any regressions in laptop functionality going from =
5.4 to
> >> 6.x?
> >
> > I've been running 6-STABLE on a T42 for a while and not noticed any
> > problems in the subjects mentioned. The addition of iwi has made life
> > a little simpler. I think it is ok to take the leap...
>
> Thanks.
>
> I noticed that the acpi_ibm manual page talks about the suspend-to-disk
> functionality.
>
> Does that work?
>From my experience on X31, the Fn+F12 (suspend to disk)
only works with apm and no acpi. Of course, you have
to create a partition first (via phdisk(?) aviliable at ibm's site).
Regards,
Rong-En Fan
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