Dell laptops and ACPI

[Stephen Clower]

Igor,
  On my laptop, I use the APM module instead. I can shut the lid when the unit is on battery power and off it goes. Opening the lid again brings me back to where I was within just a couple of seconds. Doing this doesn't hurt system performance in any way.


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On 7/19/2004 at 6:47 PM Igor Gueths wrote:

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>Hi all. I was finally able to get Slackware-10 installed and working on my
>laptop. The only problem I have found with it however is that I haven't
>found a suitable ACPI state from which the 
>system will cleanly recover from. When the machine comes out of S3, I lose
>my Speakup review keys. In some cases, there's also a noticable lag, which
>is normally replicated during high load 
>averages or significant disk I/O. I also tried S1, however I couldn't get
>the system out of S1 and back to a normalized state. Anyone know how to
>get an Inspiron600M out of S1? I attempted 
>hitting the power button as I did in S3 to wake the system up, however the
>machine seemed to be stuck in S1. The only sollution I have found thus far
>is to reboot, which defeats the purpose of 
>ACPI...Anyone have any other ideas/suggestions? Thanks!
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>Failure is not an option, it comes bundled with your Microsoft product.
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