Thinkpad stall on resume [was: Who successfully suspend its laptop?]

[Ian Smith]

On Wed, 14 Jul 2010, Ted Faber wrote:
 > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 08:07:30PM +1000, Ian Smith wrote:
 > > My Thinkpad T23 (i386) works fine.  Well, there was an ATA 60 second 
 > > stall issue on resuming on 8.0-R that I've yet to check on 8-STABLE 
 > > (ie 8.1-PRERELEASE), but it doesn't prevent resuming properly.
 > 
 > Still there. :-)

Oh :)  Thanks Ted, you're the first other I've seen mention having that 
problem; you may like to refer to the original thread at: 
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-acpi/2009-December/006192.html

I've since found that 7.2-STABLE (pre 7.3-R) didn't have that issue.

 > At least my T42 exhibits the same problem, a long stall on resume.  I'm
 > happy to try patches for that.

Actually I've been held up on following that up by a larger problem - 
intermittent but increasing failures to recharge (even new) batteries - 
that I've learned is not so uncommon on the T23, possibly involving 
resoldering an inductor that can work loose on the system board.

I'm hunting another on ebay for spares currently, while noticing that 
a refurbished T43, the last of the IBM-made Thinkpads as I recall, is
much more affordable now, AU$275-350 with 3-month warranty .. though 
I've recently invested in more RAM and a new battery for the T23 :(

 > (I'm not the fellow who started the thread.)

I've changed the subject in case anyone wants to follow up this aspect 
.. but I'll have to come back to it after fixing the charging myself.

cheers, Ian