i've been trying to get it to work, but whenever i do an "echo -n standby > /sys/power/state", the screen goes dark, like the system is going into S1, but then it cuts back on and resumes immediately. if anybody can help me get this working, i'd appreciate it.

i'm actually not sure that S1 is a real acpi power state under linux. when i issue that "echo -n standby > /sys/power/state" command without X running, it does absolutely nothing. this leads me to believe that all acpi S1 is under linux just turns the screen off with the xset command. is this the case? the actual S1 state involves turning off power to the hard drives and a few other things as well, the reason i would want to use it is to keep my drives from being damage while i move my computer.

There are some things.
First, the ACPI implemantation. Some hardware (BIOS, m/b, etc.) do not conform.
Second, third, fourth...
Leave out Gentoo-specific stuff if you are not running Gentoo, the kernel is Linux anyway.

i'm using a fully acpi compatible laptop and i havent heard of anybody else(i only know a couple) having problems with the dsdt, etc. on this model.

Hello!

I have the similar problem. When I echo a standby, it resumes immediately. In the console, I assume it happends so quickly, you don't notice. But I'll need to check the syslog.

If you solved the problem, please tell me.

Thanks,
Murdock