Re: [tlug] linux laptop hibernate question

[dave@example.com]

steven smith <sjs@example.com> writes:

> I have a dual boot thinkpad x40.  It doesn't get used on
> Linux much because at the time I built it, suspend and
> hibernate weren't working well.  Suspend back then (SuSE
> 10.1) crashed the machine and hibernate took as long to
> recover as shutdown/reboot. 

> Does anyone have experience with
> hibernate/suspend on linux.  Are the hibernate/suspend
> features working better than they were?  Should I upgrade to
> a more recent release of Linux?

Here's a page on sleep/wake problems and solutions with various ThinkPads. Does
anything there help?

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_display_remaining_black_after_resume

Dave