Thanks for the advice, but software suspend (Nigel Cunningham's or the stock kernel's) only does suspend-to-disk, which is way too slow for what I expect, although it does have its uses (in dual boot systems, for example). btw, it's what I used mostly on my old laptop (a dell D800), which is now more of a desktop... 8-)
The thing that p*sses me off with ACPI (weird implementations & funky video bios) is no longer being able to just open the laptop, work a little/do something quick/whatever and close it again, reliably, as I used to on APM-based systems.
I hope the MacBook will change this situation (as far as suspending under Linux goes)...
I tired of trying to get ACPI to suspend to ram on Linux; after two years of unfruitful attempts I gave in and got a powerbook; it suspends & resumes as it should and the software is not so bad:-)
I dont do this anymore, but I sort of liked this way of getting a new password, especially when youre out of imagination:
Let your hands drop on the keyboard (once or twice) and look at what comes out. Tweak the "password candidate" a little so its a little better (l33t or some such), and then start using it.
I usually also keep a piece of paper with the new password for 2 or 3 days, trying to login as often as possible in order to memorize it faster (practice!).
Well, I've been running 2.2.1 for some time on my laptop with no noticeable problems. The only thing that's not so easy to handle is PCMCIA, but that I leave "on hold" until such time as 2.2.2 comes out 8-)
19:17:47$ date; last reboot Mon Feb 22 19:17:53 WET 1999 reboot system boot 2.2.1 Sat Feb 6 16:10 (16+03:07)
ie. >2 weeks uptime. with almost daily apt-get upgrades, running potato (the "next" Debian distribution).
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Thanks for the advice, but software suspend (Nigel Cunningham's or the stock kernel's) only does suspend-to-disk, which is way too slow for what I expect, although it does have its uses (in dual boot systems, for example). btw, it's what I used mostly on my old laptop (a dell D800), which is now more of a desktop... 8-)
The thing that p*sses me off with ACPI (weird implementations & funky video bios) is no longer being able to just open the laptop, work a little/do something quick/whatever and close it again, reliably, as I used to on APM-based systems.
I hope the MacBook will change this situation (as far as suspending under Linux goes)...
I tired of trying to get ACPI to suspend to ram on Linux; after two years of unfruitful attempts I gave in and got a powerbook; it suspends & resumes as it should and the software is not so bad :-)
Let your hands drop on the keyboard (once or twice) and look at what comes out. Tweak the "password candidate" a little so its a little better (l33t or some such), and then start using it.
I usually also keep a piece of paper with the new password for 2 or 3 days, trying to login as often as possible in order to memorize it faster (practice!).
Well, I've been running 2.2.1 for some time on my laptop with no noticeable problems. The only thing that's not so easy to handle is PCMCIA, but that I leave "on hold" until such time as 2.2.2 comes out 8-)
19:17:47$ date; last reboot
Mon Feb 22 19:17:53 WET 1999
reboot system boot 2.2.1 Sat Feb 6 16:10 (16+03:07)
ie. >2 weeks uptime. with almost daily apt-get upgrades, running potato (the "next" Debian distribution).