1 - Well, I had to reflash, as I messed up my .xinitrc as a result of
trying to install and then revert from icewm. Although icewm
worked really well, for now I prefer the matchbox panel and
openbox combination.
2 - It seems the "hwclock" binary is missing, which does not allow
the system time to be retained. I remember using a fix in rc10
that was posted in this forum, where hwclock was called just
before a suspend.
3 - I found that (as in rc10) installing gcc-headers to sd can take
hours, if it even ever completes! It installs OK to root, but
consumes precious space.
4 - The issue where a "long press" of the right joypad, would trigger
a suppend appears to be fixed!
5 - You can now press the menu button, and then press up twice to
get to the bottom of the launch menu, for easy access to suspend. This
was not possible in rc10.