[SATLUG] Dell Linux Machines Have Arrived

[herb cee]

Brad Knowles wrote:
> On 5/25/07, Sean Carolan wrote:
>
>>              The only laptop I have ever used that has perfectly
>>  working ACPI functions is my wife's MacBook pro.  I would be willing
>>  to pay extra for a laptop that would properly go to sleep and wake up
>>  as it's supposed to.
>
> I have problems with my MacBook Pro.  Sometimes it goes to sleep and 
> wakes up properly, and sometimes it doesn't.  I have not yet figured 
> out precisely what the issue is.
>
>>  It's very frustrating to have several windows and programs open, only
>>  to find that your laptop won't wake up properly after a hibernate or
>>  sleep, and you have to hard-reboot with the power button.
>
> Yup.  I've had way more problems with my laptop not going to sleep 
> properly or not waking up properly, ever since I "upgraded" from my 
> older PowerBook G4/17 to this newer MacBook Pro/17.
>
>>  Yes, this is one of my pet peeves about laptops in general.  Why even
>>  bother to offer these features if nobody can seem to get them working
>>  correctly.
>
> I share your pain.  Believe me, I share your pain.
>
I being a noob cannot comment except to say that all three of my rigs 
have the power mgt turned off because of that same problem altho a bit 
different in that all the machines do wake up but I lose the connection 
on all three via the KVM sw so I cannot use the kb or mouse only the 
video. one is Win ME, one is Ubunu 5.10 and other is the new install of 
Ubuntu 7.04.  I usually force down the Wid rig since it does that anyway 
and the Linux rigs do not. Big noob sneer.  The sw is a mechanical sw 
not a usb so I figured it had to do with the sleep process on the 
individual machines I had hoped to look into it but I will hope this 
thread will shed some light. Thanks
Herb C