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Post by alexham36 on Feb 1, 2009 18:35:42 GMT
Hi, folks,
I have lost Suspend facility after an update when I elected to accept the developer's menu.lst. Suspend works to suspend the system, but on pressing the power button the CPU starts to work, but the monitor remains blank, so I have to turn off completely and reboot. Very tedious process and, to be frank, Ubuntu is no good to me without suspend.
I am running AMD Athlon 64X2 4000+ 2.11 GHz with NVidia GeForce6100 nForce430 graphincs card on ASUS M2N - MX motherboard.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Alex
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Post by Lynnrose on Feb 2, 2009 12:10:37 GMT
Sorry, I can't find an answer to this one, let us know if you get anywhere[/size][/font]
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Post by alexham36 on Feb 2, 2009 14:48:16 GMT
Sorry, I can't find an answer to this one, let us know if you get anywhere [/size][/font][/quote] Thanks for the reply, Lynnrose. I have posted the same message on Ubuntu Forum, here and on Multiply and nothing of any use yet. That is the problem with Lunux applications. Often no one knows the answer, so the only solution is to run back to Windows!!!! Love, Alex |
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Post by elvisuk on Feb 2, 2009 17:15:04 GMT
H! alexham36,
Can't you just reinstall Ubuntu and sort it that way? and not accept the developer's menu.lst.
"I have lost Suspend facility after an update when I elected to accept the developer's menu.lst."
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Post by elvisuk on Feb 2, 2009 17:16:26 GMT
Then you won't have to ;D
"so the only solution is to run back to Windows!!!!"
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Post by alexham36 on Feb 2, 2009 20:06:14 GMT
H! alexham36, Can't you just reinstall Ubuntu and sort it that way? and not accept the developer's menu.lst. "I have lost Suspend facility after an update when I elected to accept the developer's menu.lst." It may come to that, but I am reluctant to try it because I had a lot of trouble getting suspend to work after original installation. Yes, I can update and keep my menu.lst, but who would think that an update would be "backward"! |
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Post by mikkh on Feb 3, 2009 0:20:23 GMT
I've got no answers either, but I am curious as to why a suspend feature is so important to you, as I've never found standby, hibernate or suspend to be that useful a feature.
It might be time to try another variant of Ubuntu (like Mint), or a completely different distro. One of Linux's better features is the different types available and something that doesn't work in one, could and often does, work in another - even if based on the same core.
I liked (and still do) PClinuxOS, but I was having glitches with 3D rendering which was starting to get annoying. I tried Granular (which is based on PClinuxOS) but the problem didn't exist in that.
Go figure, as our American friends might say !
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Post by alexham36 on Feb 3, 2009 1:18:06 GMT
I've got no answers either, but I am curious as to why a suspend feature is so important to you, as I've never found standby, hibernate or suspend to be that useful a feature. It is important because I log on several times a day, check emails and log off. Without Standby I have to go through a long boot up procedure, which takes about 3 times as long to get me to email client. Thanks for the reply, Alex |
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Post by mikkh on Feb 3, 2009 9:04:13 GMT
Yes I thought it might be something similar to that - and that's what I don't understand.
I have no figures to prove it, apart from knowing what it's like to struggle on a low or no income and having to watch the pennies carefully.
Suspend/Standby etc still uses power, so any cost savings over just leaving it switched on - where it goes into power saving mode itself, are minimal at best I'd have thought
It's always been a flawed technology anyway, that was often prone to problems (in Windows especially) like not waking up every time, and therefore not worth the hassle IMO.
It might have a slight advantage in laptops where every ounce of 'juice' is critical (in battery mode) but for desktops, I doubt it's usefulness/cost savings
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Post by alexham36 on Feb 3, 2009 11:14:46 GMT
I am not trying to save money, although it would be nice if I could. It is just quicker to log on and off, so I am saving my time. I also have a personal problem when something does not work. It becomes a challenge that has to be solved. With an attitude like that I should not be running Linux.
Thanks again,
Alex
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Post by alexham36 on Feb 3, 2009 14:23:06 GMT
Hi, Guys,
I solved that problem and here is how. The system always went into Suspend but would not come out of it. The CPU started to work, but the screen remained blank.
I went into System/ Preferences/Screen Resolution and clicked on Detect Display and Suspend now works both ways.
Alex
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Post by Lynnrose on Feb 3, 2009 15:41:14 GMT
That's good, thanks for letting us know x[/size][/font]
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