[tlinux-users 00197] Re: Unable to Resume After Suspend

[Kent R. Frazier]

On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 02:32, Peter Schwenke <peter at bluetoad.com.au> wrote:

> Kent R. Frazier wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Toshiba Satellite A105-S1014
> > PhoenixBIOS: System BIOS version 1.80
> > Ubuntu 8.04.1
> > Kernal 2.6.24-19 generic
> >
> > When ever I suspend my laptop, either by closing the lid or selecting
> > suspend within the OS it appears to suspend normally. The screen goes
> blank
> > and the power button will pulse yellow. When I try to resume, I can hear
> the
> > drive spin up, but the screen stays blank. I have to power off, using the
> > power button, then disconnect the ac power supply and remove the battery
> > before I can restart the system.
> >
> > Any suggestions? I'm willing to try another distribution of Linux if
> needed.
> >
>
> Often this is just a matter of toggling the values of POST_VIDEO and
> SAVE_VBE_STATE in /etc/default/acpi-suport
>


OK, I tried this, changing both values from "true" to "false".  It made no
difference at all. Also, over the weekend I did a clean install of Ubuntu
8.04 with all the current updates.  This is the only change I've made to
this new install.

Any other ideas?  :)