[PLUG] Thinkpad wakeup problem

Derek Loree derek at infotects.com
Tue Jul 9 17:14:33 UTC 2002


On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 09:58, Richard Steffens wrote:
> What do I need to run to get my network connection back without
> rebooting?
> 
> When I close the lid (without shutting down first) on my Thinkpad it
> goes into some kind of suspend mode. When I open the lid it comes out of
> that mode. Unfortunately, the machine appears to lose its network
> connection. It will work fine if I reboot, but I'm sure that's not
> really necessary in the Linux world; I just don't know the program to
> restart. I'm currently using RH 7.1.

First, check to see if the modules are still loaded --  lsmod before and
after closing the lid.  If they are still loaded, you should be able to 

ifdown eth0

ifup eth0

or just pop the card out, then stuff it back in, that should reset it.
 
Good Luck

Derek Loree





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