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My external keyboard does not have a suspend button. Is there any way I can set up Ubuntu to use a different key (or any key for that matter) to wake the PC if it has been suspended.

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If you run the following command you will see a list of usb devices and if they are enabled to wake up the system.

cat /proc/acpi/wakeup

You will see a list of items such as the the one seen below.

USB0      S3    *disabled   pci:0000:00:12.0

Once you have established which device is the keyboard lets say USB0 run this command.

sudo su
echo USB0 > /proc/acpi/wakeup

Now if you run the command from the start again you should see enabled next to the device.

USB0      S3    *enabled   pci:0000:00:12.0

That worked for me, I can wake up my dektop with any key.

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It worked like a charm - Thank you very much. My USB keyboard was called UAR1, so I suppose chances are good that USB devices always start with a 'U', but the rest can be anything. – JacobusR Oct 23 '12 at 20:03

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