It might have something to do with Ubuntu scrapping HAL for udev which happened with the 10.x series. It is unlike Ubuntu to overlook something like this so, I am sure there must be a fix.
Have you seen? http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW-TO_set_up_Wake-On-Lan_%28Ubuntu%29 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WakeOnLan Sorry I don't know more. My computer supports it, but have never used it. Roy Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit Location: Canada On 12 February 2011 08:17, Conrad Lawes <[email protected]> wrote: > I encountered the same problem when I installed Ubuntu 10.x. Earlier > versions of Ubuntu worked as expected on the same system so I'm confident > that it's a problem with the Lucid kernel. > > In the end, I installed Linux Mint 9 (Isadora) to get WOL to work. > > > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 12:11 AM, linuxuser <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> sure have; BIOS is set to WOL Enabled and seems to allow this to work >> when I shutdown Windows, >> >> On Feb 11, 10:09 pm, Daniel Eggleston <[email protected]> wrote: >> > My understanding is that the WOL ability is in the BIOS (i.e. nothing at >> > all >> > to do with the OS - kind of like a power switch). Have you looked at >> > the >> > BIOS settings? >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 9:14 PM, linuxuser <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > I have searched high and low for a solution waking my system, but no >> > > luck. I have a Dell D600 laptop with Ubuntu 10.10 and windows XP and >> > > I can only get WOL to work when XP was the last OS running. If I boot >> > > up Ubuntu and shut it down, wake on lan fails on the next attempt. >> > > I have added the /etc/init.d/wakeonlan script: >> > > #!/bin/bash >> > > ethtool -s eth0 wol g >> > > exit >> > >> > > I can run this script without error and added it to rc3.d and rc5.d, >> > > both Start and Kill pointers >> > >> > > I disabled the WLAN card and use only the wired card. It's a >> > > Broadcom: >> > >> > > root@D600:~# lspci -nn|grep -i net >> > > 02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme >> > > BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet [14e4:165d] (rev 01) >> > > 02:03.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN >> > > 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter [8086:1043] (rev 04) >> > >> > > It appears to support WOL: >> > > Supports Wake-on: g >> > >> > > Anyone have any ideas? >> > >> > > -- >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux >> > > Users >> > > Group. >> > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] >> > > To unsubscribe, send email to >> > > [email protected] >> > > For more options, visit our group at >> > >http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >> > >> > -- >> > >> > Daniel- Hide quoted text - >> > >> > - Show quoted text - >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >> Group. >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit our group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > > -- > Regards, > Conrad Lawes > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
