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Video issues with S3 resume
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- 2003-2005, Pavel Machek
+ 2003-2006, Pavel Machek
During S3 resume, hardware needs to be reinitialized. For most
devices, this is easy, and kernel driver knows how to do
@@ -15,6 +15,27 @@ run normally so video card is normally initialized. It should not be
problem for S1 standby, because hardware should retain its state over
that.
+We either have to run video BIOS during early resume, or interpret it
+using vbetool later, or maybe nothing is neccessary on particular
+system because video state is preserved. Unfortunately different
+methods work on different systems, and no known method suits all of
+them.
+
+Userland application called s2ram has been developed; it contains long
+whitelist of systems, and automatically selects working method for a
+given system. It can be downloaded from CVS at
+www.sf.net/projects/suspend . If you get a system that is not in the
+whitelist, please try to find a working solution, and submit whitelist
+entry so that work does not need to be repeated.
+
+Currently, VBE_SAVE method (6 below) works on most
+systems. Unfortunately, vbetool only runs after userland is resumed,
+so it makes debugging of early resume problems
+hard/impossible. Methods that do not rely on userland are preferable.
+
+Details
+~~~~~~~
+
There are a few types of systems where video works after S3 resume:
(1) systems where video state is preserved over S3.
@@ -104,6 +125,7 @@ HP NX7000 ??? (*)
HP Pavilion ZD7000 vbetool post needed, need open-source nv driver for X
HP Omnibook XE3 athlon version none (1)
HP Omnibook XE3GC none (1), video is S3 Savage/IX-MV
+HP Omnibook 5150 none (1), (S1 also works OK)
IBM TP T20, model 2647-44G none (1), video is S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV, vesafb gets "interesting" but X work.
IBM TP A31 / Type 2652-M5G s3_mode (3) [works ok with BIOS 1.04 2002-08-23, but not at all with BIOS 1.11 2004-11-05 :-(]
IBM TP R32 / Type 2658-MMG none (1)
@@ -120,18 +142,24 @@ IBM ThinkPad T42p (2373-GTG) s3_bios (2)
IBM TP X20 ??? (*)
IBM TP X30 s3_bios (2)
IBM TP X31 / Type 2672-XXH none (1), use radeontool (http://fdd.com/software/radeon/) to turn off backlight.
-IBM TP X32 none (1), but backlight is on and video is trashed after long suspend
+IBM TP X32 none (1), but backlight is on and video is trashed after long suspend. s3_bios,s3_mode (4) works too. Perhaps that gets better results?
IBM Thinkpad X40 Type 2371-7JG s3_bios,s3_mode (4)
+IBM TP 600e none(1), but a switch to console and back to X is needed
Medion MD4220 ??? (*)
Samsung P35 vbetool needed (6)
-Sharp PC-AR10 (ATI rage) none (1)
+Sharp PC-AR10 (ATI rage) none (1), backlight does not switch off
Sony Vaio PCG-C1VRX/K s3_bios (2)
Sony Vaio PCG-F403 ??? (*)
+Sony Vaio PCG-GRT995MP none (1), works with 'nv' X driver
+Sony Vaio PCG-GR7/K none (1), but needs radeonfb, use radeontool (http://fdd.com/software/radeon/) to turn off backlight.
Sony Vaio PCG-N505SN ??? (*)
Sony Vaio vgn-s260 X or boot-radeon can init it (5)
+Sony Vaio vgn-S580BH vga=normal, but suspend from X. Console will be blank unless you return to X.
+Sony Vaio vgn-FS115B s3_bios (2),s3_mode (4)
Toshiba Libretto L5 none (1)
-Toshiba Satellite 4030CDT s3_mode (3)
-Toshiba Satellite 4080XCDT s3_mode (3)
+Toshiba Portege 3020CT s3_mode (3)
+Toshiba Satellite 4030CDT s3_mode (3) (S1 also works OK)
+Toshiba Satellite 4080XCDT s3_mode (3) (S1 also works OK)
Toshiba Satellite 4090XCDT ??? (*)
Toshiba Satellite P10-554 s3_bios,s3_mode (4)(****)
Toshiba M30 (2) xor X with nvidia driver using internal AGP
@@ -151,39 +179,3 @@ Asus A7V8X nVidia RIVA TNT2 model 64 s3_bios,s3_mode (4)
(***) To be tested with a newer kernel.
(****) Not with SMP kernel, UP only.
-
-VBEtool details
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-(with thanks to Carl-Daniel Hailfinger)
-
-First, boot into X and run the following script ONCE:
-#!/bin/bash
-statedir=/root/s3/state
-mkdir -p $statedir
-chvt 2
-sleep 1
-vbetool vbestate save >$statedir/vbe
-
-
-To suspend and resume properly, call the following script as root:
-#!/bin/bash
-statedir=/root/s3/state
-curcons=`fgconsole`
-fuser /dev/tty$curcons 2>/dev/null|xargs ps -o comm= -p|grep -q X && chvt 2
-cat /dev/vcsa >$statedir/vcsa
-sync
-echo 3 >/proc/acpi/sleep
-sync
-vbetool post
-vbetool vbestate restore <$statedir/vbe
-cat $statedir/vcsa >/dev/vcsa
-rckbd restart
-chvt $[curcons%6+1]
-chvt $curcons
-
-
-Unless you change your graphics card or other hardware configuration,
-the state once saved will be OK for every resume afterwards.
-NOTE: The "rckbd restart" command may be different for your
-distribution. Simply replace it with the command you would use to
-set the fonts on screen.