suspend when I shut my laptop down
 

Guys,

I am debian (sarge) user and I have hotkeys working,
but the suspend key or the suspend process when I shut my laptop down is not working.
I have a dell i600m and gnome.
does anybody know anything about?

Salu2!

How isn't it working? i.e., is it not suspending, failing to restart after a suspend. Either could be the ACPI settings. They're generally settable in the laptop's BIOS. If that's not it, explaining how it's not working might help diagnose the problem.

Hi,

It isnt doing anything when I shut it down.
I dont have the battery item in my toolbar neither.
Where could I set it in gnome? Does exist any tool for this that I can apt-get it?

Salu2!

Have you checked the BIOS settings to make sure you've got ACPI turned on and correctly configured (to settings other than "disabled")?

I have this in my messages log
How could I check if this is working.
Does exist an ui tool to configure acpi settings in gnome?

Salu2!

Jul 7 09:13:31 localhost kernel: ACPI: RSDP (v000 DELL ) @ 0x000fdf00
Jul 7 09:13:31 localhost kernel: ACPI: RSDT (v001 DELL CPi R 0x27d50112 ASL 0x00000061) @ 0x0fff0000
Jul 7 09:13:31 localhost kernel: ACPI: FADT (v001 DELL CPi R 0x27d50112 ASL 0x00000061) @ 0x0fff0400
Jul 7 09:13:31 localhost kernel: ACPI: DSDT (v001 INT430 SYSFexxx 0x00001001 MSFT 0x0100000e) @ 0x00000000
Jul 7 09:13:31 localhost kernel: ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x808
Jul 7 09:13:31 localhost kernel: ACPI: Subsystem revision 20040326
Jul 7 09:13:31 localhost kernel: ACPI: IRQ9 SCI: Edge set to Level Trigger.
Jul 7 09:13:31 localhost kernel: ACPI: Interpreter enabled
Jul 7 09:13:31 localhost kernel: ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
Jul 7 09:13:31 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (00:00)
Jul 7 09:13:31 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 9 10 *11)
Jul 7 09:13:31 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 5 7) *11
Jul 7 09:13:31 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 9 10 *11)
Jul 7 09:13:31 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 *11)
Jul 7 09:13:31 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
Jul 7 09:13:31 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 *11 12 14 15)
Jul 7 09:13:32 localhost kernel: PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
Jul 7 09:13:32 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 11
Jul 7 09:13:32 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Jul 7 09:13:32 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 11
Jul 7 09:13:32 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.1[B] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Jul 7 09:13:32 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 11
Jul 7 09:13:32 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.2[C] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Jul 7 09:13:32 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] enabled at IRQ 11
Jul 7 09:13:32 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.7[D] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Jul 7 09:13:32 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.1[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Jul 7 09:13:32 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 7
Jul 7 09:13:32 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.5[B] -> GSI 7 (level, low) -> IRQ 7
Jul 7 09:13:32 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.6[B] -> GSI 7 (level, low) -> IRQ 7
Jul 7 09:13:32 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Jul 7 09:13:32 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Jul 7 09:13:32 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:01.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Jul 7 09:13:32 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:01.1[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Jul 7 09:13:32 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:03.0[A] -> GSI 7 (level, low) -> IRQ 7
Jul 7 09:13:32 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.6[B] -> GSI 7 (level, low) -> IRQ 7
Jul 7 09:13:32 localhost kernel: ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S3 S4 S4bios S5)
Jul 7 09:13:32 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.1[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Jul 7 09:13:32 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.7[D] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Jul 7 09:13:32 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Jul 7 09:13:33 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:03.0[A] -> GSI 7 (level, low) -> IRQ 7
Jul 7 09:13:33 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Jul 7 09:13:34 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.1[B] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Jul 7 09:13:35 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.2[C] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Jul 7 09:13:36 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.5[B] -> GSI 7 (level, low) -> IRQ 7
Jul 7 09:13:36 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.6[B] -> GSI 7 (level, low) -> IRQ 7
Jul 7 09:13:36 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:01.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Jul 7 09:13:36 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:01.1[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Jul 7 09:13:36 localhost kernel: ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
Jul 7 09:13:36 localhost kernel: ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery absent)
Jul 7 09:13:36 localhost kernel: ACPI: AC Adapter [AC] (on-line)
Jul 7 09:13:36 localhost kernel: ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports C1 C2 C3, 8 throttling states)
Jul 7 09:13:36 localhost kernel: ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
Jul 7 09:13:36 localhost kernel: ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PBTN]
Jul 7 09:13:36 localhost kernel: ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SBTN]
Jul 7 09:13:36 localhost kernel: ACPI: Thermal Zone [THM] (36 C)

"acpid" is the daemon that handles the ACPI stuff in the background. I'm not sure it absolutely needs to be installed for the power functions to work, but it couldn't hurt. As for setting the gnome options, aside from checking the gnome configuration screens I'm not sure. I personally use KDE or a light-weight WM.

Could anybody else help here?
Salu2!