there is a setting in windows for that, ie if it has been in standby for a certain amount of time to shut it down. most new-ish desktops do it
2010/9/2 Tyler J. Wagner <ty...@tolaris.com> > I don't believe you can instruct a suspended laptop to wake itself up. That > would take at least a BIOS feature, I think. > > A suspended laptop doesn't make a copy of anything. It just syncs the > filesystems (writes changes to media), and puts the hardware into a > low-power > state. That basically means that RAM remains powered and everything else is > effectively off. When you restore, the data is still in RAM. > > Regards, > Tyler > > On Thursday 02 Sep 2010 19:30:01 Jacob Mansfield wrote: > > why not set it so that if you close the lid it will suspend for, say an > > hour and then shut down if it takes longer to come out of hybernation > than > > a cold start > > > > On 2 September 2010 19:25, Rob Beard <r...@esdelle.co.uk> wrote: > > > On 02/09/10 13:54, javadayaz wrote: > > > > Ive recently started to put my pc into hibernate as opposed to > > > > switching off completely. > > > > > > > > Although it takes longer to switch back on and ready to use..i do > find > > > > all my windows open and even my video paused, ready to watch where i > > > > > > left! > > > > > > > How does ubuntu know where i stopped watching a vid....and open it > > > > right back up? > > > > > > It saves a copy of the memory to your swap space and then turns the > > > machine off. When you turn it back on it boots up (I'm guessing it > > > boots the kernel) and then restores the memory, hence why everything is > > > how you left it. > > > > > > I used to use Hibernate quite a lot on Windows as it was reasonably > > > quick (quicker than booting from scratch) but I find on Linux it works > > > out slower. As a stop gap I generally suspend my laptop when I'm not > > > using it although it does use some power to keep it suspended (whereas > > > with hibernate it wouldn't use any power, well not if the machine was > > > disconnected from the mains). > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > -- > > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- > "Cheops' Law: Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget." > -- Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love", by Robert A. Heinlein >
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