Sorry .. I shouold have google by ibook.

See 

http://techmute.com/

.. you might have to check your settings somewhere ..

http://sysadminforum.com/showthread.php?t=1397499

.. suggests it might be a Mac bug ..

Is gnome-power-manager compatible with xfce .. ?

http://www.nnseek.com/e/linux.debian.ports.powerpc/

Sorry, I'm using a standard desktop.

Good luck,

Adam.

On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 12:08:42PM +1000, Alan L Tyree wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:45:27 +1200
> Adam Bogacki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > Alan,
> > 
> >     I also made the Great Migration from Feisty to Etch with xfce
> > to find greater stability and ease of use. 
> > 
> >     Etch has an automatic powerdown with an adjustable time-delay
> > (somewhere - I'm still adjusting from gnome), and a 'suspend' option
> > at login. 
> Ive seen the automatic power options in Gnome. I don't know yet if they
> work.
> 
> I've got the suspend option appearing on the Actions menu - but it
> doesn't do anything!
> 
> > 
> >     I've been pleasantly surprised to have to revive via password
> > a number of times.
> 
> Yeah, it worked perfectly for me in Ubuntu Dapper, so I know that it
> *will* work.
> 
> > 
> > From
> > 
> > http://www.rdegraaf.nl/index.asp?sND_ID=291639
> > 
> >     At the moment of writing, hibernate works, and is placed on
> >     the s2disk whitelist. In contrast, s2ram is not whitelisted.
> >     Checking 's2ram --force' results in a suspend to memory, but
> >     some things did not restore correctly such as network, etc.
> >     However, /etc/acpi/sleep.sh does work for me. Test it for
> >     yourself from the commandline:
> > 
> >         # /etc/acpi/sleep.sh
> > .. and
> 
> No such script in my machine. I have the laptop-mode-tools package
> installed as well as acpitool. No such packageas acpi-support. The hot
> key mentioned below does nothing.
> 
> I'm quite keen to move to Etch, but this is a right royal PITA!
> 
> Thanks for help. I'll have a look at the other links that you mention.
> 
> Cheers,
> Alan
> > 
> > http://thpinfo.com/2006/docs/debian-linux-macbook-headphone-after-suspend.html
> > 
> > Interesting.
> > 
> > http://blog.mondragon.cc/pages/tp-t42
> > 
> > suggests installing the 'acpi-support' package. apt-get reccomends
> > also installing 'laptop-mode-tools' ..
> > 
> > Apparently there is a 'sleep' hot-key (Fn+Esc), see
> > 
> > http://www-spht.cea.fr/en/Images/Pisp/jbouttier/d420-linux.php
> > 
> > Another way is to add a kernel option ..
> > 
> > http://www.student.tue.nl/Q/j.f.berndsen/debian/
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Adam Bogacki,
> > 
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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