"Paul" == Paul Reilly pmr@pajato.com writes:
Paul> Paul Johnson wrote:
The last kernel on which my Dell D820 latitude would suspend & resume was 2.6.16. For the last two months or so---all of th 2.6.17 versions--have failed. The systems suspend, but don't resume. There are plenty of reports like this in bugzilla.redhat.com. My opinion is that FC6 should not be released as final until the problem is addressed. What do you think?
Paul> Does not appear to be a universal problem. I found that my Paul> Thinkpad A31p suspends/resumes just fine when I use Gnome Paul> (usually I use Xfce), much to my pleasant surprise.
You can use 'gnome-power-manager' just fine in Xfce. (I do). Or you can alternately call 'pm-suspend' or 'pm-hibernate' from a command shell just fine.
Paul> As long as it is a situation of "some do, some don't", I don't Paul> think it is reasonable to hold up a major release like FC6.
yeah. I think with scripts like pm-suspend or hibernate (from the swsusp2 site) many more laptops are working than used to be the case.
Paul> -pmr
kevin