you could perhaps try what X's modesetting utility does: display a
dialog box that times out if it does not get clicked on, and reboot if
it did not get clicked on. Likewise, detect upon the next bootup that a
suspend-test was in progress (and didnt get back via normal resume), via
some temporary file. That way both the 'did not resume and i had to
power-cycle' and the 'resume did not restore my X' problems can be
handled.
Finally, when the correct options have been established (worse-case with
a small number of reboots and "yes, indeed the resume did not work fine"
clicks done upon bootup by the user), automatically fill in a webform in
firefox and ask the user to do a single click to submit that form.
techniques like that have more chance i think to get Linux
suspend/resume anywhere near to working. The current 'rely on the
developer' technique apparently does not work.
Ingo
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