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@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ There are a few types of systems where video works after S3 resume:
46 POSTing bios works. Ole Rohne has patch to do just that at 46 POSTing bios works. Ole Rohne has patch to do just that at
47 http://dev.gentoo.org/~marineam/patch-radeonfb-2.6.11-rc2-mm2. 47 http://dev.gentoo.org/~marineam/patch-radeonfb-2.6.11-rc2-mm2.
48 48
49(8) on some systems, you can use the video_post utility mentioned here:
50 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3670. Do echo 3 > /sys/power/state
51 && /usr/sbin/video_post - which will initialize the display in console mode.
52 If you are in X, you can switch to a virtual terminal and back to X using
53 CTRL+ALT+F1 - CTRL+ALT+F7 to get the display working in graphical mode again.
54
49Now, if you pass acpi_sleep=something, and it does not work with your 55Now, if you pass acpi_sleep=something, and it does not work with your
50bios, you'll get a hard crash during resume. Be careful. Also it is 56bios, you'll get a hard crash during resume. Be careful. Also it is
51safest to do your experiments with plain old VGA console. The vesafb 57safest to do your experiments with plain old VGA console. The vesafb
@@ -64,7 +70,8 @@ Model hack (or "how to do it")
64------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 70------------------------------------------------------------------------------
65Acer Aspire 1406LC ole's late BIOS init (7), turn off DRI 71Acer Aspire 1406LC ole's late BIOS init (7), turn off DRI
66Acer TM 242FX vbetool (6) 72Acer TM 242FX vbetool (6)
67Acer TM C300 vga=normal (only suspend on console, not in X), vbetool (6) 73Acer TM C110 video_post (8)
74Acer TM C300 vga=normal (only suspend on console, not in X), vbetool (6) or video_post (8)
68Acer TM 4052LCi s3_bios (2) 75Acer TM 4052LCi s3_bios (2)
69Acer TM 636Lci s3_bios vga=normal (2) 76Acer TM 636Lci s3_bios vga=normal (2)
70Acer TM 650 (Radeon M7) vga=normal plus boot-radeon (5) gets text console back 77Acer TM 650 (Radeon M7) vga=normal plus boot-radeon (5) gets text console back