Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyboard shortcuts in 15.04

2015-12-16 Thread Liam Proven
On 16 December 2015 at 16:47, Barry Drake wrote: > > There is such a BIOS setting, but I do occasionally want to use 'hibernate', > so I'm not going to disable it. It doesn't explain the behaviour of the > apps launcher thingy though. That allows me to capture +[any

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyboard shortcuts in 15.04

2015-12-16 Thread Colin Law
On 16 December 2015 at 20:20, Liam Proven wrote: > > * Ubuntu has its own software-driven suspend/resume and hibernate/wake Is Ubuntu's hibernate (as opposed to suspend) reliable? I thought it was no longer supported. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyboard shortcuts in 15.04

2015-12-16 Thread Liam Proven
On 16 December 2015 at 22:25, Colin Law wrote: > On 16 December 2015 at 20:20, Liam Proven wrote: >> >> * Ubuntu has its own software-driven suspend/resume and hibernate/wake > > Is Ubuntu's hibernate (as opposed to suspend) reliable? I thought it > was no

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyboard shortcuts in 15.04

2015-12-16 Thread Barry Drake
On 16/12/15 20:20, Liam Proven wrote: I think you either did not read my reply, or did not understand it. Sorry not to respond sooner. I've booted into the BIOS settings. I could not find anything that has to do with wake/sleep. The manual than deals with the BIOS setup is at:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyboard shortcuts in 15.04

2015-12-16 Thread Liam Proven
On 15 December 2015 at 22:43, Barry Drake wrote: > Hi there The +F3 is permanently hard-coded to sleep/wake. Not, as far as I know, in Ubuntu it isn't, no. I think this is a BIOS setting on your laptop. Look for options to disable such things as sleep/wake and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyboard shortcuts in 15.04

2015-12-16 Thread Simon Greenwood
I remember you saying it was a Lenovo - there is an application called tpb that enables the special keys in Thinkpads which might be installed on Lenovo hardware - that's worth a check. s/ On 16 December 2015 at 09:57, Barry Drake wrote: > On 16/12/15 08:06, Simon

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyboard shortcuts in 15.04

2015-12-16 Thread Barry Drake
On 16/12/15 12:32, Liam Proven wrote: I think this is a BIOS setting on your laptop. Look for options to disable such things as sleep/wake and hibernate. Then Ubuntu's software versions should still work. There is such a BIOS setting, but I do occasionally want to use 'hibernate', so I'm not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyboard shortcuts in 15.04

2015-12-16 Thread Simon Greenwood
It may be specific to your model or make as Ctrl-F3 doesn't do anything on my Asus S400CA by default. I would suspect that a keyboard driver for your make has been installed so finding that and disabling it might work. On 16 December 2015 at 07:40, Barry Drake wrote:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyboard shortcuts in 15.04

2015-12-16 Thread Barry Drake
On 16/12/15 08:06, Simon Greenwood wrote: It may be specific to your model or make as Ctrl-F3 doesn't do anything on my Asus S400CA by default. I would suspect that a keyboard driver for your make has been installed so finding that and disabling it might work. I'll take a look when I've got a