LinuxQuestions.org - Can't hibernate: Debian etch on Pavilion zv6000

I'm trying to get my HP Pavilion laptop to hibernate (suspend to disk, if you like) running Debian etch on kernel 2.6.18-4. I've tried using s2disk, but that locked the system up after shutting Gnome down and displaying 'snapshotting system' on the screen...the cursor flashes once or twice, and that's it. I installed powersaved, and attempted to hibernate using `powersave -U`, which got me a bit further: it locks up after shutting Gnome down, stopping tasks, shrinking memory, and disabling a few interrupts. The last four lines are as such:

Code:

swsusp: Need to copy 47983 pages

swusp: critical section/: done (47983 pages copied)

APIC error on CPU0: 00(00)

PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:04.0 to 64

I've tried booting with the 'noapic' and 'nolapic' options, and with both together, but all three boot attempts got me the same thing, which was a blank screen when I usually see bootup messages. I waited a while just in case, but it never brought up a login screen.

On a possibly related note, `dmesg | grep APIC` gives me this:

Code:

MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC

ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing

Does anyone know of a workaround(s) for this BIOS bug, if indeed this is my problem, or at least have any experience with s2disk or powersave/powersaved?