Subject: Re: thinkpad x41 / iwi network interface / sleep and X
To: Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@Xtrmntr.org>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 10/28/2005 09:34:47
In message <20051028095339.GO10875@Xtrmntr.org>, Lubomir Sedlacik writes:
>
>> - if I put the machine to sleep and wake it up again, the wireless
>> interface is no longer usable. Resetting it hangs the machine.
>
>you should bring the interface down before suspending.
Yes -- on Thinkpads, I've found it always works best if I have
'ifconfig ... down' in /etc/apm/suspend (and restart dhclient in
resume, but that's another story)
>
>> - if I put the machine to sleep and wake it up again, the X display is
>> shifted down by about half an inch. This can be corrected by
>> restarting X, but that was never necessary on my old T30 lapdog.
>
>the same thing happens to me on X40. it also happens when i close the
>lid and open it so it's not directly related to suspend/resume rather to
>the lid movement. sounds like X issue, i haven't tracked it down.
>
What happens if you switch to/from a text console? What happens if you
do that before shutting the lid? It might pay to put switch to/from in
/etc/apm, too.
--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb