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[John Lea <812394@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, I have discussed this with Jason W and I think we have a final
decision on this item for Oneiric:

1. Suspend is enabled by default on all computers.  A option to disable
Suspend is shown in the power indicator, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Power

2. Hibernate is disabled by default on all computers, unless the
computer is on a whitelist.  The whitelist should include all "Ubuntu
Certified" ( http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/ ) computers on which
hibernate is tested regularly and proven to work.   Perhaps in the
future this list could also be augmented by a community certification
process?  A user can re-enable hibernate at any time by going to the
power settings, as shown in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Power

cheers,
John

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/812394

Title:
  Disable suspend/hibernate options when they are not supported

Status in Ayatana Design:
  New
Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  Id like to proposse a change in the design of Power preferences in the
  GNOME control center: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Power

  Instead going throuh the "certification" path, we can simply disable
  the options about suspend/hibernate if Its not supported in the
  current hardware (we have api for this in upower)

  I think this solution is more scalable, as we do not need to maintain
  a database with "certified" hardware. Also, we can add a button or a
  informative text when suspend/hibernate doesnt work to guide the users
  about what to do.

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