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[UH <uhtlmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's 100% the same on the PB here!

2012/10/20 Ron Mitchell <rm2892@xxxxxxxxx>:
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> On my eMac, Lubuntu 12.10 has a "hybernate" function which puts the computer to sleep, or at least blanks the screen. Fan keeps running, power light remains on. From that state, I'm unable to wake it up with a mouse press or keypress. Have to press the Power button, switch off and restart.
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> Sounds similar.
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> Ron Mitchell
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> On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:12:02 +0200
> UH <uhtlmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> After i finally succeeded in installing 12.10 ppc to my PB G4 (17",
>> radeon) now, while i'm trying to set it up to be used by my wife, i
>> realize serious problems:
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>> 1) Suspend to disk and Suspend to ram do not work, at least not as
>> they did in 12.04. Only the screen is suspended the cpu continues
>> running as it does the fan, the mouse ecc. This bad behaviour remains
>> the same either for suspend-to-disk or for suspend-to-ram. (Footline:
>> I'm inclined to think there is something wrong seriously, since i have
>> problems - which make unuseable both even on an amd64 notebook
>> (suspend-to-ram it's impossible to wake up, supend-to-disk shuts down
>> - HARDWAREWISE!!! - wifi and i don't see any chance to reactivate it
>> if not by reboot).
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>> Btw, closing the lid does also only shut down screen but not the cpu,
>> the apple logo outside the lid remains illuminated. Trying to
>> confugure via XFCE powermanager resulted in being absolutely useless.
>>
>> I looked into the pbbuttonsd.conf file but at least to my very
>> superficial knowledge i didn't see anything. If wished i could post
>> the content of the file (i also have some questions in regard.
>> Unfortunately the nice graphical interface PowerPrefs seems to be
>> outdated. I tried to install it, but during the installation there was
>> a lament regarding missing gtk-2.0 or something like that).
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>> 2) The Fn+F3 thru F6 (Sound on/off, lower respectively raise volume)
>> do not work. Note, this is pretty much identical to my amd-64 (there
>> too, i posted it separately, that keys do not work).
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>> 3) After configuring the PB G4 keyboard to german layout i lost the
>> access to the consoles by alt-strg-f1-f6 (and f7 to turn back). The
>> consoles are there but i cannot access them.
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>> May be you more knowledged people have some ideas.
>>
>> TIA, Uli
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