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
