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[UH <uhtlmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Meanwhile, just to figure out (also to test if internet sharing with
wicd and scripts works - it does!) i installed also a MintPPC 11
(which is based on Debian wheezy with additional mint katya
repsoitories). I didn't configure it but did just some comparisons to
lubuntu 12.04:

The standby and hibernate funktions seem to work on mintppc 11; on
lubuntu only hibernate works  (which creates me some problems to awake
it because systematically it does not recognize the firewire disk.
Btw, that's not a problem of lubuntu, it was exactly the same with
another firewire hd and mintppc on it).

When i check powerprefs (comes by default with mintppc; on lubuntu i
installed it), i note some significant differences i don't really
understand the reason why (skilled persons very likely will):

Mint                                           Lubuntu

Close Lid:   RAM or Disk           only Disk
Sleep Key:  RAM or Disk           only Disk

(note: In my understanding RAM means Sleep - writing content to ram;
Disk means Hibernate - writing content to img file. Correct?)

Keyboard illumination
active                                        greyed out
LCD adapting
active                                        greyed out

May be, it is not a Lubuntu ppc but an Ubuntu ppc problem. But a
problem it remains. There is something around power control not really
working like it should. Sorry for being so unspecific, but i'm a
simple user not a programmer.

2012/2/20 UH <uhtlmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 2012/2/20 Yorvyk <yorvik.ubunto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:35:14 +0100
>> UH <uhtlmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> The Sleep Key (usually, on other setups the power-on key when only
>>> shortly tipped on) and close lid do not work. I copied the
>>> pbbuttonsd.con file from another setup (where it works) but it did not
>>> change anything. Out of `man pbbuttonsd`i got this:
>>>
>>> ---------
>>>        SLEEP          puts the machine to sleep (also known as suspend to RAM)
>>>                       if possible. If sleep was not supported on this machine
>>>                       the screen will be blanked. Sleep is a kernel function
>>>                       and will only be triggered by pbbuttonsd.
>>>        HIBERNATE      saves the memory and the process information to disk
>>>                       (also known as suspend to Disk or Hibernate) if possi‐
>>>                       ble. If hibernate was not supported on this machine
>>>                       nothing will happen. Hibernate is a kernel function and
>>>                       will only be triggered by pbbuttonsd through a PMCS
>>>                       script usually placed in /etc/power/.
>>> ----------
>>>
>>> If there is a kernel problem with the 3.2.0-17 ppc kernel?
>>>
>> Have you read through https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCKnownIssues and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ
>
> Yes, i did. But what i do not understand is:
>
> In Debian "sid"+LXDE (which has a similar kernel version than those of
> Lubuntu 12.04) all works fine.
>
> Btw, i use the xfce powermanagement. And moreover, it's not clear to
> me, which powermanagement utility rules: xfce-powermanagement or
> pbbuttonsd?
>
> Finally, there seems to be an issue, when i manually (from the
> comandline) suspend-to-disk on a firewire hd (whereon actually my
> Lubuntu 12.04 is): after reactivating the system cannot read the
> suspend file (on the internal hd that works). I looked a bit through
> the various log files but i didn't find the related one (there are so
> many different ones ;-) ).