  Shane Hathaway shane at Tue Jan 22 01:08:48 MST 2008  Michael
L Torrie wrote: > You've inadvertently confirmed what I am
coming to fear.  That > interested to hear of your experiences
with this.  My Thinkpad T43, running Gentoo, suspends to RAM
within 5 seconds after  I shut the lid.  Resuming takes about 10
seconds, I think.  Sleeping is  reliable enough that I don't
think twice anymore about shutting the lid  and picking up the
laptop any time I like.  There are rare times when I  can't
resume (the screen comes on but nothing happens until I hard
reset), but I think that only happens when the battery jiggles a
little  loose during transport.  My wife's laptop also tries to
suspend to RAM when she shuts it, but  about half the time it
runs into some bug and stays on.  However, it  seems to have the
same bug in both Windows and Linux.  I'm glad we got a  Durabook
for her, since it has survived 3 foot falls onto a stone tile
floor with hardly a scratch.  However, since it's not a very
popular  brand, it's