Bug 477350 - Fails to enter standy when ZD1211RW module is loaded
Summary: Fails to enter standy when ZD1211RW module is loaded
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 10
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-12-20 21:13 UTC by bitdisturber
Modified: 2009-12-18 07:21 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2009-12-18 07:21:10 UTC
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Description bitdisturber 2008-12-20 21:13:01 UTC
Description of problem:
Fedora 10 will fail to enter standby mode. It will get to the "suspending console" text screen and stay there for ever...


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
pm-utils-1.2.2.1-2.fc10.i386

How reproducible:
Easy. Just  and induce standy by running 'pm-suspend' as root.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.plug in a ZD1211 based USB dongle and make sure it gets the proper modules (zd1211rw, mac80211 and cfg80211) loaded.
2.run 'pm-suspend' as root
3.
  
Actual results:
waits at text console with "suspending console..." without entering standy.

Expected results:
Enter standby (spin down disk and blank LCD)

Additional info:
The wireless USB dongle is a AirLink (model: AWLL3026)

lsusb: 
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0ace:1211 ZyDAS 802.11b/g USB2 WiFi

Comment 1 bitdisturber 2008-12-20 21:19:38 UTC
workaround:

I tried rmmod'ing all unecessary modules and narrowed it down to the zd1211rw module. Once removed, the pm-suspend command would succeed.

As suggested by the excellent HAL quirks pages (http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/quirk/quirk-suspend-advanced.html), 
I was able to create a /etc/pm/config.d/unload_modules file containing:
SUSPEND_MODULES="cfg80211 mac80211 zd1211rw"

Which unloaded these modules before standby which works.

Now, my question is weither it's possible to have the distrubution do this permanently or detect such cases? 
I don't mind doing that small change myself but It would be useful if this would be done for the less linux-savvy users out there.

Thanks and keep up the excellent work.

Comment 2 Till Maas 2008-12-20 23:30:08 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)

> Now, my question is weither it's possible to have the distrubution do this
> permanently or detect such cases? 
> I don't mind doing that small change myself but It would be useful if this
> would be done for the less linux-savvy users out there.

It is preferred to make the kernel modules not fail instead, therefore I reassign this to the kernel component. There the experts can probably fix this. :-)

Comment 3 Bug Zapper 2009-11-18 10:31:57 UTC
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Comment 4 Bug Zapper 2009-12-18 07:21:10 UTC
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