@Jordan P: The hibernate option was turned off by default because of problems associated with it. I don't know why Canonical did not give a simple GUI option to turn it on, but I would imagine that it is precisely because only "advanced" users should do so.
Your answer to your friend could quite simply have been, "There are problems with hibernation partly due to new security procedures and partly due to hardware problems, and it has been disabled as a result." You don't want to tell him about the system folder and cut-and-paste, unless he is sufficiently advanced to cope with any resulting problems — in which case, he wouldn't think you crazy anyway! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to policykit-desktop-privileges in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/812394 Title: Disable hibernate option by default Status in Ayatana Design: Fix Released Status in Pantheon Session Indicator: Confirmed Status in PolicyKit: Invalid Status in “policykit-desktop-privileges” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “policykit-desktop-privileges” source package in Precise: Fix Released Bug description: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TO RE-ENABLE HIBERNATE: If the hibernate option is supported by your system and you need it, you can re-enable it as follows: https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/ubuntu-help/power-hibernate.html You may be also interested in subscribing to the bug #882040, which tracks the implementation of a configuration tool to toggle hibernate and suspend. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'd like to propose a change in the design of Power preferences in the GNOME control center: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Power Instead of going through the "certification" path, we can simply disable the options about suspend/hibernate if it's not supported on the current hardware (we have API for this in upower). I think this solution is more scalable, as we do not need to maintain a database with "certified" hardware. Also, we can add a button or a informative text when suspend/hibernate doesn't work to guide the users about what to do. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/812394/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
