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

Cian Duffy myob87 at gmail.com
Sun Jan 2 12:15:44 MST 2005


The .config isn't the issue really, its what patches Owen applied to
it. I think he applied some G5 patches in addition to BenH's sleep
stuff.

I could send you my 2.6.10 .config if you really want it. I'm in OSX ATM though.

Cian

On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 21:35:26 -0500, Jim Bauer <jfbauer at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> 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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