Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 13:20:13 -0800 From: Dave Tweten <tweten@nas.nasa.gov> To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: ThinkPad Hibernation Message-ID: <5086.1040073613@gilmore.nas.nasa.gov>
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I recently bought two ThinkPad T23's from IBM through Ebay (fine machines, fine prices). I'm setting up both for FreeBSD/Win2k dual boot. One is for my personal use; the other will be used by a group. I have a couple questions TFM seems not to be able to answer: 1. I'd like to support APM 1.2 hibernation. The only documentation that might address the issue in a FreeBSD context is the last page of the 1996 standard, which says that a file system type byte of 132 identifies a hibernation partition. I created one a bit larger than the machines' real memory. Win2k continues to insist upon using c:\hiberfil.sys instead (typical). Is there some way to make FreeBSD hibernate, to test whether this partition does anything? I suppose I could go into the BIOS setup and enable the hibernation timer ... 2. I hate to say this, but for the multi-user machine, Win2k has a nice feature. It can be configured to let someone who doesn't have an account turn off the computer in a civilized manner from the login dialog box. Is there a good way to do the same thing under FreeBSD at the XFree86 xdm login? Of course the ACPI 2.0b spec's power switch event would be the perfect way to handle this for both OS's, but I doubt anyone will implement driver and daemon for that 500-page monster any time soon. Thanks in advance for any tips. -- M/S 258-5 | 1024-bit PGP fingerprint: | tweten@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center | 41 B0 89 0A 8F 94 6C 59 | (650) 604-4416 Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 | 7C 80 10 20 25 C7 2F E6 | FAX: (650) 604-4377 We each earn what freedom of speech we defend for those who most offend us. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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