Ubuntu my love, we won ! :o)

[Eric Dunbar]

My laptop (with battery ;-) goes to sleep quite nicely. If it's
plugged in it'll go to sleep after a while (don't know how long since
I'll come into the room and it's asleep) and if I press the "power"
button (it's a Mac PowerBook) it'll go to sleep after killing power to
the Airport wireless card and it'll do the same if I shut the lid
(caveat, don't unplug a USB mouse if the lid is shut and the computer
asleep... Ubuntu doesn't know how to handle that... which reminds me
that I should report that kernel fault to the Bugzilla).

(so, Vincent, it is possible... I imagine Energy Star features will
work on desktops)

Eric.

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 09:34:08 +0200, Asko Kauppi wrote:
> 
> Actually, I am using the laptop without a battery, as a desktop.  This
> might confuse Ubuntu, I'm not sure, but at least in WinXP I can freeze
> it just the same whether it's on cable or on batteries.  Since I have
> Real Things to do, no, I'm not the one to debug into this. Not right
> now, anyway.
> 
> 
>   In practical terms, doing that "as best as we can", how about working
>   sleep mode for my laptop (Amilo L1300)? ;)
> >
> > Does 'sleep' mode work on Desktop machines as well, like Win XP ? I
> > would to save electricity at night (I am concerned about my wallet as
> > well as ecology), but I don't know how to enable the sleep mode in
> > Ubuntu, I can't see anything in the "Computer" menu that relates to
> > that :o(