hibernate and standby [solved]

[pilgrim]

Hello gentoo-ers,

I have been trying to get my laptop to hibernate/sleep/standby but
haven't been too successful
followed these:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Software_Suspend_v2
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/power-management-guide.xml

I've done the kernel upgrade to gentoo-sources-2.6.9 I have applied the
patch for swsusp2 I have merged hibernate-script...and this went fine
(for most part) but
now I still can't get it to hibernate.

[Cadorna]

your problem it's that hibernate script calls some functions based on a config file called /etc/hibernate/hibernate.conf, there you have this 'Swsusp2LoadModules' active, that means that when executed will try to load swsusp2 modules so it can continue with swsusp2 execution, but I think you have compiled swsusp2 and all it's options into the kernel and not in modules ,that why it fails, so you should comment out this option and should work

[truekaiser]

that and you should probibly ignore the power management guide. some of the stuff in there is explained worng like puting your /tmp as a tmpfs ramdisk.

[pilgrim]

Cadorna,

First that's for replying, but I'm affraid I'm missing something. As far as I'm concerned you said to comment out a line such as "Swsusp2LoadModules" from the file /etc/hibernate/hibernate.conf. But I don't see anything like that in here.

[pilgrim]

[Cadorna]

really sorry, my mistake

the lines you have to comment are
LoadSuspendModules suspend_swap suspend_lzf suspend_text
UnloadSuspendModulesAfterResume yes

those are the lines that calls the function 'Swsusp2LoadModules'

another way is not comment that lines, but recompile yourkernel with
suspend_swap
suspend_lzf
suspend_text
as modules (they're inside swsusp2 option)

about the power managment guide, I think it's not needed for hibernate and swsusp2 (I make it work just following the http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Software_Suspend_v2 )

[pilgrim]

Thank you very much Cadorna. I'M SO DELIGHTED

Hibernation now works like a charm and just commenting the lines in my /etc/hibernate/hibernate.conf file (just like you said ):
LoadSuspendModules suspend_swap suspend_lzf suspend_text
UnloadSuspendModulesAfterResume yes

Did it.

I feel like I'm asking too much but the only problem right now is that my usb optioncal mouse doesn't work unless I unplug it from the USB port and then replug it. Any ideas?

Thanks again, a million,
-Gezim

[ilithiiri]

Try to put also:

UnloadModules usb-ehci

on your /etc/hibernation/ configuration file.

This way, it should work.
let me know if it worked

-marco-

[Cadorna]

you're welcome
about USB problem, if you follow ilithiiri advice,then I think you should add 'LoadModules auto', but in the HOWTO it's said that you better add this

RestartServices alsasound hotplug

for sound if you use alsa and hotplug for USB, I can tell you that this do the trick for alsa, for USB I really don't know because my only USB device it's a digital camera and of course it's not attached all the time (besides I don't have it here right now to test)

[Cadorna]

guys, I have a question, I did this hibernate & swsusp2 with gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.9, I made it run ok, but I faced two problems that I didn't have with no other kernel, note that those kernels didn't have this swsusp2 patch (I always used gentoo-sources and gentoo-dev-sources, my last one was 2.6.8-r3)

first: changing between diferent terminals or X was really slow
second: opening many files (all at once, because quanta remember wich files you had open in the last session) in a SAMBA server (running gentoo-sources-2.4.x and samba-3.x) was really slow and corrupted those files (if I open one at a time was slow but file was ok)

so, any of you face this problems??? I know I have to start discarting posibilities, first I will do it with plain vanilla, then gentoo-sources and then apply the patch to see if this patch it's the problem, but since I didn't have the time yet (besides in my PIII compiling kernel it's not a quick task), I would like to know your comments

[pilgrim]

ilithiiri,

I uncommented the lines:
UnloadModules usb-ehci
LoadModules auto


But it sitll doesn't work. You should note that the only module I load is ndiswrapper and ( i think no other things are modules, they're all compiled into kernel).

Cadorna,

I did try having the line:
RestartServices alsasound hotplug
in there but that didn't do it either.
And as for your last question Cadorna, no I don't see that switching between terminals or X is slow, it works fine and samba I don't have .

Thanks,
-Gezim

[Cadorna]

thanks for you answers, maybe you should try

RestartServices coldplug

because after my post I remembered that service, and I think this one it's intended to thing that are attached all the time

and hotplug and coldplug, I think, only works for devices builds as modules, and you should consider to build them as modules now that you're running swsusp2, because that way you can restart modules that don't come up correctly after power on

[pilgrim]

[pilgrim]

I did compile these as modules:
ehci-hcd
uhci-hcd
usbhid
psmouse

But none of them seem to be my mouse (Microsoft IntelliPoint Optical with USB)....and truthfully I have no idea how I got it to work in the first place (i.e. don't know what I compiled into the kernel for it) And when I hibernate then start it up again...the touchpad works fine...but not the mouse unless I unplug then replug it into USB port. Can anyone please help?

[Earthwings]

[Cadorna]

[quote="pilgrim"]Can anyone please help?[/quote]

sorry, I run out of ideas about USB, the only thing I can think of it's to compile all USB as module, even USB kernel support (don't remember right now, but I guess it's possible)

[pilgrim]

Cadorna , good news I finally got the mouse working

First I compiled these options as modules in the kernel (i.e. with M):

[Cadorna]

hey, Congratulations pilgrim!!!

another happy gentoo user, cheers!

[thomasa88]

Wee, gentoo forums gives more than google, now I can finally hibernate and fast too

to others using ifplugd and dhcp, make sure u have ~x86 baselayout and make hibernate resetart ifplugd (<- this is maybe not needed) and net.eth0
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- thomasa88