Experimental Dapper and suspend2 packages

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The suspend2 dapper kernels have now moved into a repository. The repository lives here. Instructions for using the repository are below.

Quick start for the full Ubuntu experience (ie, usplash too):

1. Add this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

   deb http://dagobah.ucc.asn.au/ubuntu-suspend2 dapper/

2. Run apt-get update
3. Run apt-get install suspend2
4. Add "resume2=swap:/dev/hdaX" to the kopt= line in /boot/grub/menu.lst - remember to change hdaX to where your swap partition really is (run swapon -s to find out), and then run sudo update-grub. Note that the line seems to be commented out - that's correct. It gets interpreted by update-grub and applied to each kernel image.
5. Restart with the new kernel.
6. Run sudo hibernate

The suspend2 package is actually a metapackage that installs:

• linux-image-2.6.15-xx-686: a suspend-enabled kernel (currently the -686 one... this needs to be fixed),
• initramfs-tools-suspend2: add hooks into mkinitramfs to allow you to resume,
• suspend2-userui-usplash: an Ubuntu-ised splash screen for suspend and resume,
• hibernate: an Ubuntu-tailored version of the hibernate script,
• acpi-support: a patched acpi-support package that supports the hibernate script.

List of known issues:

• The kernel version is the same as Ubuntu's, so you can't tell from uname if the kernel has suspend2 or not - the only place it is mentioned is the package revision. The Ubuntu build system isn't particularly helpful here (it insists on <kernelver>-<abiver>-<flavour>)
• The -nosmp kernels have no linux-restricted-modules package, and so break with funky drivers. Hopefully I'll soon have found the cause of the bug that requires me to create -nosmp kernels, removing this issue altogether.

Contacting me: I'd love to hear feedback on how useful these kernels are to people, or if they break horribly. I can be contacted at bernard at blackham dot com dot au, or you can seek help on the suspend2 mailing list - suspend2-users@lists.suspend2.net.