Display won't work after suspend

[7272andy]

OK, an awful lot of reading later, and what you are describing is a known bug for the Xpress 200 RC410 (not that it helps you).

Some people have got the thing working and some haven't, it seems as dependent upon the hardware configuration of the rest of the machine as anything else. One thing I would recommend is updating your kernel from kernel 2.6.33.7-pclos6.bfs to kernel 2.6.38.8-pclos3.bfs.

Where people have been successful they have either rolled there own kernels or used the latest versions. A kernel update (if there is one) is always a good starting point with hardware problems, quite often the latest kernel will automagically fix your problems for you simply due to the better hardware support it offers.

[sslove]

OK, an awful lot of reading later, and what you are describing is a known bug for the Xpress 200 RC410 (not that it helps you).

Some people have got the thing working and some haven't, it seems as dependent upon the hardware configuration of the rest of the machine as anything else. One thing I would recommend is updating your kernel from kernel 2.6.33.7-pclos6.bfs to kernel 2.6.38.8-pclos3.bfs.

Where people have been successful they have either rolled there own kernels or used the latest versions. A kernel update (if there is one) is always a good starting point with hardware problems, quite often the latest kernel will automagically fix your problems for you simply due to the better hardware support it offers.

thanks andy. LOL, how did you come to find that out??

unfortunately, i'm not experienced enough to roll my own kernel yet, but the system is up to date, at least as far as updating it via synaptic goes. pclos is a rolling distro correct? even so, my about pclos (gnome) says the release is 2010.10. does that always stay the same and other things get updated, or is that just because that was the installed release, and it really is updated somewhere?

how can i update the kernel if synaptic still says there are no updates, after reload>mark all updates? also, i was reading recently that some older kernels actually work better on older hardware, because things get cleaned out of the kernel to prevent bloat. i guess it's not so old a laptop as to be completely obsolete, but would a new kernel really be having any better hardware support for such an old computer(over 5 years), than the ones that have been around for a few years? sorry if i'm getting slightly off topic here.

[Ɗα√ϵς§]

Kernels do not update. You install a new kernel and both are present, you only uninstall the old one when you are sure the new one is working. With kernel updates it's a case of: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" but in your case something is broke so it's worth trying.

In synaptic, search on Name only, for "kernel" and you can install the most recent one, either bfs, pae or a64 depending on what suits your hardware best. The default on reboot will be the old one, and if dkms modules are being built, it may take a long time on the first reboot (but after that return to normal).

Now you can try if the new kernel makes a difference. Then stick to it, unless there is a regression elsewhere.
You can uninstall the old kernel once you are happy with the new one.

[sslove]

i have now updated the kernel, but the issue persists.

my current workaround is to set the power management settings to hibernate when the lid closes. when the lid is opened, it resumes, albeit much much slower than suspend *shrug*

i'm open to new suggestions anytime. thanks for the patience and help.

[johnmart]

Hi sslove,
At least suspend to disk works. 
I don't know Gnome, & don't really have any suggestions for you. There are quite a few posts re. suspend on the forum.
Here are a few for you to have a look at. Maybe you can get some ideas. Bounce progress back here.
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,93586.0.html
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,81680.0.html
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,18630.0.html

Another idea coud be to install task-kde which will give you a kde desktop. Choose kde on login & see if you have better success with kde. 
Nothing against gnome except no experience.