>>>> "Paul" == Paul Reilly
<pmr(a)pajato.com> writes:
Paul> Paul Johnson wrote:
> The last kernel on which my Dell D820 latitude would suspend
&
> resume was 2.6.16. For the last two months or so---all of th
> 2.6.17 versions--have failed. The systems suspend, but don't
> resume. There are plenty of reports like this in
>
bugzilla.redhat.com. My opinion is that FC6 should not be released
> as final until the problem is addressed. What do you think?
Paul> Does not appear to be a universal problem. I found that my
Paul> Thinkpad A31p suspends/resumes just fine when I use Gnome
Paul> (usually I use Xfce), much to my pleasant surprise.
You can use 'gnome-power-manager' just fine in Xfce. (I do).
Or you can alternately call 'pm-suspend' or 'pm-hibernate' from a
command shell just fine.
Paul> As long as it is a situation of "some do, some don't", I don't
Paul> think it is reasonable to hold up a major release like FC6.
yeah. I think with scripts like pm-suspend or hibernate (from the
swsusp2 site) many more laptops are working than used to be the case.
Paul> -pmr
kevin