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Old 05-29-2011, 03:16 PM   #1
rob_rojas
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Question Can't suspend laptop in slack 13.37 after installing ATI drivers


Hello gentlemen,
I have run into the following problem, after I installed the proprietary AMD/ATI driver for my videocard I've been unable to wake up my laptop after suspend to RAM, it suspends ok (I guess?) but when I try to wake it up the screen doesn't turn on so I have to manually shut down the laptop.

before installing the proprietary driver, it worked ok

the videocard is a Radeon HD 3200, and the processor is an AMD Turion X2 Mobile

any ideas?
 
Old 05-30-2011, 01:23 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by rob_rojas View Post
Hello gentlemen,
I have run into the following problem, after I installed the proprietary AMD/ATI driver for my videocard I've been unable to wake up my laptop after suspend to RAM, it suspends ok (I guess?) but when I try to wake it up the screen doesn't turn on so I have to manually shut down the laptop.

before installing the proprietary driver, it worked ok

the videocard is a Radeon HD 3200, and the processor is an AMD Turion X2 Mobile

any ideas?
I had exactly the same problem. What worked for me was to append
Code:
vga=0
to the append line close to the top in /etc/lilo.conf and comment out the framebuffer value used to somewhere in middle of lilo.conf here is mine as an example
Code:
# LILO configuration file
# generated by 'liloconfig'
#
# Start LILO global section
# Append any additional kernel parameters:
append=" vt.default_utf8=0" vga=0
boot = /dev/sda 
compact
default = Linux

# Boot BMP Image.
# Bitmap in BMP format: 640x480x8
  bitmap = /boot/slack.bmp
# Menu colors (foreground, background, shadow, highlighted
# foreground, highlighted background, highlighted shadow):
  bmp-colors = 255,0,255,0,255,0
# Location of the option table: location x, location y, number of
# columns, lines per column (max 15), "spill" (this is how many
# entries must be in the first column before the next begins to
# be used.  We don't specify it here, as there's just one column.
  bmp-table = 60,6,1,16
# Timer location x, timer location y, foreground color,
# background color, shadow color.
  bmp-timer = 65,27,0,255

# Standard menu.
# Or, you can comment out the bitmap menu above and 
# use a boot message with the standard menu:
#message = /boot/boot_message.txt

# Wait until the timeout to boot (if commented out, boot the
# first entry immediately):
prompt
# Timeout before the first entry boots.
# This is given in tenths of a second, so 600 for every minute:
timeout = 1200
# Override dangerous defaults that rewrite the partition table:
change-rules
  reset
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
#vga = 791
# Normal VGA console
#vga = normal
# Ask for video mode at boot (time out to normal in 30s)
#vga = ask
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
#vga=791
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x32k
#vga=790
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
#vga=773
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x64k
#vga=788
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x32k
#vga=787
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x256
#vga=771
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x64k
#vga=785
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x32k
#vga=784
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x256
#vga=769
# End LILO global section
# Windows bootable partition config begins
other = /dev/sda2
  label = Windows
  table = /dev/sda
# Windows bootable partition config ends
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz
  root = /dev/sda5
  label = Linux
  read-only
# Linux bootable partition config ends
then as root run
Code:
# lilo
reboot and your problem should be fixed.

See this thread: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...anager-882295/

Last edited by george-lappies; 05-30-2011 at 01:28 AM.
 
Old 05-30-2011, 10:54 AM   #3
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thanks for the answer
 
Old 05-31-2011, 06:09 PM   #4
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well, unfortunately that didn't resolve the issue
 
Old 06-01-2011, 02:31 AM   #5
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well, unfortunately that didn't resolve the issue
Yes, I can't see that the vga mode would affect suspend resume. I have the same hardware as you and use the fglrx driver. I don't use suspend though...i'll have a go tonight and let you know if I work out what is going on. Are you using an initrd?
 
Old 06-01-2011, 07:37 AM   #6
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Yes, I can't see that the vga mode would affect suspend resume. I have the same hardware as you and use the fglrx driver. I don't use suspend though...i'll have a go tonight and let you know if I work out what is going on. Are you using an initrd?
I have an ATI HD5470 and the vga=0 does indeed most definitely work for me.

I qoute: "...ATI's proprietary catalyst driver cannot resume from suspend if the framebuffer is enabled. To disable the framebuffer, add vga=0 to your kernel options in /boot/grub/menu.lst..."

as from here:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...om_suspend2ram

 
  


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