[NTLUG:Discuss] FC4 and Dell Inspiron 8600

[Chris Cox]

. Daniel wrote:
> Do we have any users on this list using this combination?  If not, how
> about Dell Inspiron + Linux of any flavor?
> 
> I'd like to discuss about success, failure and roadblocks in getting
> Linux running well on the Inspiron 8600.  I've got mine set up in a way
> that's "satisfactory" but not as perfect as I would like it to be.  That
> is to say, all hardware is working but suspend doesn't come back from S3
> or S4 (suspend to ram or suspend to disk).
> 
> Let's discuss!

I have a friend with the 8600 and I've personally use an M60 (which is
effectively equivalent)... I ran SUSE 9.2 and suspend to disk worked
for me. And my friend I know is now up to SUSE 9.3 on his.

In general Dells to pretty well with suspend to disk.  I could care
less about the other suspend modes (which I never got to work right).
Suspend to disk exists primarily outside of the "built in"
modes anyhow.

The Dell M70 I was using on Sat does suspend to disk... in fact
I was VPN'd one day and left my laptop on (unplugged) and it
shutdown (I have it configured to suspend to disk when the battery
gets low) and on bootup it came right back up .. wireless and
everything AND the VPN (if you were at the meeting on Sat I
was talking about the security implications of that behavior).

I often times demonstrate a suspend to disk while playing a
Quicktime streaming video via Internet Exploder running under CrossOver
Office and how it ALL comes back and continues right where it
left off after the suspend.  The Windows folks around here say
they haven't seen that even under Windows.