Hoary - enabling hibernate mode

[David M. Carney]

russell cook wrote:

> Oh well,  I'll await the final release (or not Array CD) and do a 
> complete install on this machine. I've checked the acpi-support file 
> on both PCs and they're identical.
>
>
> On Sun, 2005-03-06 at 22:58 +1300, Bill Christiansen wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 2005-03-06 at 19:56 +1100, russell cook wrote:
>>> Thanks Matt, I already have this installed, although I did a reinstall
>>> for good measure. 
>>> 
>>> I now have a suspend the computer option but not a hibernate on the
>>> logoff menu.
>>That sounds a bit like my laptop, I retrospectively put ubuntu-desktop
>>back on and it gave me a suspend option on the logoff menu but not
>>hibernate and selecting suspend from the menu doesn't actually do
>>anything but both suspend and hibernate work when I run the commands
>>manually. I'm actually loving suspend and using it most of the time for
>>a few weeks now. It means this old P2 laptop is up and running in about
>>10 seconds as opposed to 2 and a half minutes for a full boot :)
>>
>>Like Russell my other PC that was installed from a Hoary array instead
>>of upgrading does have both suspend & hibernate in the log off menu
>>although from memory I had to edit the acpi-support file to enable
>>hibernate and then restart Gnome for the option to appear.
>>> 
>>> On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 14:31 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: 
>>> > On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 07:17:24AM +1100, russell cook wrote:
>>> > 
>>> > > Array 6 looks great, lots of small improvements that seem to add to
>>> > > compatibility, speed and stability. Well done team. I've tried it on my
>>> > > Dad's machine (live CD at this stage) and it detects his DWL-G520
>>> > > wireless card ok. This is a great improvement on earlier versions.
>>> > > 
>>> > > I did a clean install on my AMD Duron900,  and now have a hibernate
>>> > > option in the logout screen - nice!
>>> > > 
>>> > > On my AMD Athlon 64 I did a synaptic smart upgrade and don't have this
>>> > > option. This would be cool as the Athlon 64 is my main desktop, so a
>>> > > hibernate option would be great.
>>> > > 
>>> > > Does anyone know how to enable this?
>>> > 
>>> > Install the "ubuntu-desktop" package.
>>> > 
>>> > -- 
>>> >  - mdz
>>
>>    
>>
> Kind Regards Russell
> www.windsorcycles.com.au
> Linux user #369094
>
>
Hmmm... I have hibernate mode too - on my desktop! Haven't had the guts 
to see what it would do... ;-)

David

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