Re: Gnome 3.2 - How can I completely disable Suspend?

["A. Schmidt" <osceola256 gmail com>]

Adam Sailer wrote:
> I've downloaded and installed from the openSUSE-based Gnome 3.2 live disk.
> 
> Laptop model is Dell XPS M1330
> Video is NVidia GeForce 8400M GS
> Kernel ver is 2.6.37.6-0.7-default x86_64
> 
> 1 - Nouveau driver TANKS when system goes to suspend. Comes back with black
> screen and mouse pointer. Must ctrl-alt-backspace to reset X-server.
> 2 - NVidia driver repository driver ver 275.21 TANKS when system goes to
> suspend. Desktop comes back, but is completely frozen except for the mouse
> pointer. Must ctrl-alt-backspace to reset X-server.
> 3 - NVidia's latest driver ver 280.13 causes random lock-ups. Completely
> unusable.
> 
> UPDATE:
> 
> Also noticed that the wireless network adapter is unusable after attempting
> to resume from suspend, and the system's fan spins up during suspend
> transitions.
> 
> I've experimented by uninstalling pm-utils; this has resulted in Gnome 3.2
> menu replacing "Suspend" with "Power Off"; this also changes screen settings
> from "Suspend  after" to "Turn off after". Once this time-limit is reached,
> Gnome becomes unresponsive and ctrl-alt-backspace is required.
> 
> Why does this menu not have a "NEVER" option? This might be fine-and-dandy on
> a tablet, but these issues prevent me from using Gnome 3+ on any machines
> that I do work on...
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Adam
> 
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Just a guess, but perhaps you're having a problem with acpi.  Is it loaded?  If so,
you might try starting up with acpi=off as one of the kernel options just to see if
that eliminates the problem.

A.