Bug 200968

Summary:	FC5 suspend and atheros module
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	rizo83
Component:	pm-utils	Assignee:	Phil Knirsch <pknirsch>
Status:	CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	5	CC:	dedourek, opensource, rvokal
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Hardware:	i686
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Description rizo83 2006-08-01 21:04:15 UTC

Description of problem:

So I have problem with the latest ath_pci module from madwifi/ATrpms
(madwifi-hal-kmdl/madwifi-kmdl-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5-0.9.2-24.fc5.at) for my atheros
wifi card.  If I type "rmmod ath_pci" until I see "ath_pci: driver unloaded" in
dmesg (usually 2-3 "rmmod ath_pci" does the trick), I can successfully
hibernate/suspend to disk.  It even resumes and able to connect to the wireless
network!

Now I've tried adding ath_pci to the SUSPEND_MODULES="button ath_pci" line in
/etc/sysconfig/pm but it obviously isn't doing the trick.  Deactivating the
screensaver doesn't allow me to type anything in gnome-terminal, so I resort to
pressing the power button and even then it doesn't properly shutdown even though
it's going throught the process of stopping services and have to press down the
power button.  Since I have to type "rmmod ath_pci" 2-3 times for it to unload,
does pm check if it's completely unloaded or just tries to remove it once and
assumes it's gone?  I've tried adding all the modules that associate to ath_pci
as well with no luck.  Any suggestions for a workaround or fix?


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5
pm-utils-0.15-1
madwifi-kmdl-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5-0.9.2-24.fc5.at
madwifi-hal-kmdl-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5-0.9.2-24.fc5.at

Comment 1 rizo83 2006-08-01 21:08:54 UTC

Let rephrase the second part as my english is gruesome.

Now I've tried adding ath_pci to the SUSPEND_MODULES="button ath_pci" line in
/etc/sysconfig/pm but it obviously isn't doing the trick.  The system starts the
screensaver instead of hibernating.  Deactivating the screensaver doesn't allow
me to type anything in gnome-terminal, so I resort to pressing the power button
and even then it doesn't properly shutdown even though it's going throught the
process of stopping services and have to press down the power button.

Comment 2 rizo83 2006-08-02 20:30:42 UTC

Creating the following ACPI scripts and disabling suspend to disk/mem from pm
using gconf is a workaround.

/etc/acpi/events/sleepbtn
event=button[ /]sleep
action=/etc/acpi/actions/hibernate.sh

/etc/acpi/actions/hibernate.sh
#!/bin/sh
while [ "`lsmod |grep ath_pci`" != "" ] ; do
rmmod -f ath_pci
done
/usr/sbin/pm-hibernate

Comment 3 Peter Jones 2006-09-28 20:56:50 UTC

Does pm-utils 0.19-1 work better for you?

Comment 4 Till Maas 2007-12-24 12:04:23 UTC

Fedora 5 is now EOL and there was no response from the reporter for more than
one year, therefore I close this bug. If it is still there in a recent Fedora
release, please file a new bug report.