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Does it make sense to install preload on a notebook?

What I understand from preload is that it predicts what programs a user will run frequently, and so it caches those programs in RAM. But if my notebook hibernates, or goes into suspend, or if I ...
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System is shutting down instead of hibernating

I have an HP g4-1387, core I5, 4Gb RAM, 8Gb swap and hybrid Intel/ATI graphics with Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS. Finally after installing AMD Catalyst 12.4 as described here I was able to Suspend. Hibernate ...
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Can a Windows 8 partition be mounted in Ubuntu if “fast startup”is switched on?

I'm aware that when a Windows session is hibernated, its disk partition cannot be mounted in Ubuntu. By default in Windows 8, a hybrid shutdown/hibernate feature is used (fast startup) which ...
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Enabling hibernate in 12.04 stops reboot and shutdown

I enabled hibernate by setting the policy in /var/lib/.../10-vendor.d. Once I set this field, I was able to hibernate jolly well again, but then the reboot and shutdown went to fast reboot mode and ...
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Hibernation stopped working after upgrading linux kernel from 3.2.0-27-generic to 3.2.0-29-generic (Ubuntu 12.04, 64 bit)

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bit) on my Asus X54C laptop. Till a few days ago everything was working fine. However after upgrading the kernel from 3.2.0-27-generic to 3.2.0-29-generic, hibernation ...
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I can't get suspend, hibernate and shutdown to work in Ubuntu 12.04

I recently built a computer with these specs: Asus Motherboard, Intel i3 3.3 GHz dual processor, 8 GB of RAM. I installed 12.04 on a brand new hard drive. I partitioned the hard drive between root, ...
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System hangs when returning from hibernate but not sleep (12.04)

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 on a Acer Revo r3610 (full specs from lspci at the end of this post) and whenever I set the machine to hibernate via the command line using: sudo pm-hibernate The machine ...
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Cannot shutdown my Sony Vaio

I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04 (dual boot with Windows 7) on my sony Vaio. After the fresh install everything was working fine. then I was informed that new driver were available for my ATI ...
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When Shutting down or hibernating it just goes to the login screen [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: I can’t shut down nor reboot without console Title says all. When I choose shut down or hibernate if my computer has been on a while, it just goes to the log-in screen. ...
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Lenovo S12 fails to hibernate, won't turn off and won't restore session, what to do?

My Lenovo S12 (Intel Atom) running 11.10 Unity desktop will not hibernate. If I use the Shutdown/Hibernate option, it will go to a blank screen with an flashing underscore cursor in the upper left ...
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shutdown button disappears when logging in

recently installed the oneiric ocelot and its awesome,but one fine time i logged out of it and when i logged in the shutdown button disappears,when i upgraded from 11.04 to 11.10 got a error message ...
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Automatic shutdown / hibernation after x minutes in suspend?

I have an embedded battery powered device running Ubuntu and want to reduce power consumption. The idea is that if a user does not use a device for ca. 30 min. then the device will automatically ...