Suspend for iBooks and PowerBooks - Good news or Old news?

Jim Bauer jfbauer at comcast.net
Sat Jan 1 19:35:26 MST 2005


Is there any (important) difference between the "kernel in yum" with a stock 
2.6.9 kernel, which is what I am using?  You or anyone got a known working 
2.6.{9,10} .config I could use for comparison?


On Saturday 01 January 2005 17:58, Cian Duffy wrote:
> It works well in the latest kernel in yum, but theres a few problems -
> if you leave it too long on sleep it might not wake properly, and it
> also regularly falls straight back asleep on opening the lid - you can
> just tap power to be brought back then though.
>
> It doesn't apply anyway cleanly on 2.6.10 as it seems that some
> components of it were checked in and others weren't. I'm using 2.6.10
> as I now have working sound and working OSS emulation with it, so no
> sleep for me... well, for my G4 iBook anyway. Me not sleeping is down
> to caffeine overdoses and project work....
>
> Cian
>
> On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:38:10 -0500, Andrew <virgule88 at videotron.ca> wrote:
> > Hello, I ran across this article and felt its worth sharing:
> >
> >    "BenH has released a patch against kernel 2.6.9
> >    that enables sleep on the newest G4 laptops iBook
> >    and PowerBook. I have tested immediately, and it works!"
> >
> > http://ppcnerds.org/Article237.html
> >
> > In Hope this will make some people happy!


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