Gak. Okay, I now have a clearer understanding of what's going on.<div><br></div><div>There is in fact a "suspend" item in the menu. When I use that, I get the same result as "sudo pm-suspend":</div>
<div>- Screen blanks</div><div>- All fans keep running</div><div>- Monitor does not go into power-save mode</div><div>- Nothing will "wake" the computer</div><div>- Scroll/Caps/Num lock keys have no effect on keyboard LEDs; Num Lock light is stuck on, others stay off</div>
<div><br></div><div>So I have to power down the PC (i.e. hold down the power button several seconds).</div><div><br></div><div>Another detail: I have VMware Workstation Tech Preview March 2012 installed. Maybe that's interfering with sleeping. I don't think I tried Suspend before installing VMware, but I don't remember.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I still think they should have called it "Sleep" instead of "Suspend".</div><div><br></div><div>Kevin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Glen Ditchfield <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:GJDitchfield@acm.org" target="_blank">GJDitchfield@acm.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On June 7, 2012 09:28:23 PM Kevin McGregor wrote:<br>
> I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my desktop PC, and I've found that I only<br>
> have the option to hibernate or power off, and not sleep! Is this normal?<br>
<br>
</div>I think it's supposed to be the other way around. The discussion is at<br>
<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-desktop-" target="_blank">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-desktop-</a><br>
privileges/+bug/812394<br>
<br>
(I use Kubuntu 12.04, and get all of the options. Hibernate fails about a<br>
third of the time on my HP 8440p, and isn't noticably faster than booting from<br>
scratch.)<br>
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