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Fix Suspend and Hibernate   forum
Written by tighem the 28 Feb 08 at 17:22. Global category: System. Not an idea
Suspend and hibernate still seems to be a big issue based on forum posts.

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“Fix suspend and hibernate” is not an idea; it is not something that a developer could ever mark as “Implemented”. Suspend and hibernate work for many machines, and making them work for more machines is a matter of fixing individual bugs, not of implementing an idea.

This page has (as shown by the “Mix of improvements” suggestion, and the highly varied “duplicate” ideas) become a vortex for many unrelated ideas. Some of these ideas are good, and some are not so good. They should be separated out and voted on individually.

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Solution #1: With proprietary drivers
Written by tighem the 28 Feb 08 at 17:22.
Really focus on fixing it, even with proprietary drivers.
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Solution #3: Mix of improvements + Solution #1 (letting the user choose)
Written by franco.valoppi the 26 Aug 09 at 03:47.
I think that even using proprietary driver may make it more compatible, always let the user to choose.

On the other hand I have some other ideas to improve performance (probably already implemented):
- Memory trim and garbage collection, before hitbernating.
- Memory Defrag.
- Exclude System Prefetched data from hibernate files. I mean memory used with programs already closed but still in memory in the case you want to open them again.
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Solution #4: Add an idle option
Written by qwerty800 the 19 Sep 09 at 14:54.
As a temporary solution, we should add an "idle" option to ubuntu.

Since suspend and hibernate both invole creating a system image and storing it in the ram/in the swap, until we fix this, we need to find another alternative to this.

The only alternative remaining is to leave your computer open during all the night!

Well, my idea is to add an "Idle" option, that would:
-Suspend most of the programs
-Lower the CPU clocking (If possible)
-Lower the fan speed (If possible, trying to emit the less noise possible)
-Lower the HDD speed (If possible)
-Lock the screen

That way, we could still avoid energy wasting, while waiting for a working sleep mode.
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Solution #5: we should have a progress hibernating bar in lucid lynx
Written by slsolaris the 5 Nov 09 at 22:45.
a progress bar is more intuitive than a black screen, nothing else to add
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Solution #6: don't ask for password after wake up (optionally)
Written by yzarc the 9 Nov 09 at 20:33.
don't ask for password after wake up (optionally).
I'd like to open the lit and have my system ready to use.
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Solution #7: Create solid aternative for laptops where suspend/hibernate doens't work.
Written by FeraTech the 21 Mar 10 at 04:47.
For those laptops where suspend and hibernate do not work Ubuntu should automatically default to an alternative.

A good solution would be to simply have the previous state stored onto the hard drive including all running applications. The laptop would boot normally and all of the previous state would just be stored and controlled by the operating system.
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Solution #8: Don't allow suspend/sleep on Laptops where it doesn't work!
Written by DrWig the 23 Apr 10 at 08:48.
If hibernate/suspend doesn't work, have Ubuntu disable the option, so it doesn't try until a new version/potential fix is released.
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Solution #9: Disable suspend/hibernate by default
Written by decumanus the 3 Aug 10 at 19:02.
This is a solution of despair. Function that fails on half of all computers should not be enabled by default. Do not pretend we are able to do what we cannot.
I lost many minutes of work just by accidental pressing sleep button. Sorry.
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Solution #10: investigate why suspend works in other distros and not ubuntu
Written by DonnyDonNothin the 22 Nov 10 at 15:36.
investigate why suspend works in other distros and not ubuntu. 's2ram -f' in another distro works flawlessly, but what ever ubuntu uses causes my touchpad to freeze. ask the community to contribute to a list of what hardware and applications work in suspend. much like the voting system here. for example:
XXX touchpads freezing after suspend +6 votes
window contents lost on ati drivers +X votes
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Solution #12: Hibernate light
Written by xer0 the 23 Mar 11 at 17:56.
Boot as normal and just restore the state of the X desktop.
Saving the state is already supported in X but not present as an option in the Ubuntu menus (at least i cant find it).

This would provide an alternative for people who has hardware related problems with hibernate.

See the 280 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 19 Oct 11 at 15:10) >>

Windows hidden files should be hidden in Nautilus, too.   forum
Written by Endolith the 29 Apr 08 at 14:22. Global category: System. New
In Ubuntu, we can read many file systems, like FAT flash drives, CD-ROMs, and we now have read-write access to NTFS filesystems on dual-boot systems.

When navigating a drive created by Windows, MacOS, or other operating systems, system files that would normally be hidden in Windows Explorer or on a Mac (Thumbs.db, desktop.ini, __MACOSX, Word temporary files) are still visible in Nautilus, cluttering up every directory.

In UNIX-based systems, hidden files ("dotfiles") are designated by dotted file names like ".something". These are not displayed when viewing files with Nautilus or using "ls", for instance, but can be viewed by enabling "Show Hidden Files" in the View menu or using "ls -A".

FAT and related filesystems have hidden files, too, which are treated by Windows tools exactly the same way. They are designated by a "Hidden" file attribute flag, though, not by their filename.

You can delete the files, but they'll just be recreated as soon as the drive is opened on a native machine (and on OS X, these contain valuable metadata that you don't want to delete).

You can hide them in Nautilus alone with the .hidden file convention, but this has to be done manually, and you need to create a separate file for every directory.
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Solution #1: File manager should hide files with hidden flag
Written by Endolith the 29 Apr 08 at 14:22.
Files with a "hidden" attribute in their native filesystem (or a special filename) should be hidden in Nautilus, too.

They should be treated exactly the same way as UNIX dotfiles by the file manager, since they serve the same purpose.

Ubuntu should respect the "hiddenness" of the file, no matter what the filesystem.
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Solution #2: Hidden by default, configurable in Preferences
Written by pubsbin the 22 May 09 at 03:29.
First, I will make some considerations:

1 - Kids & Grannyies Rule: A user interface must be designed intending it to be used by simple people without any knowledge of Computers.
2 - The average user that mounts a windows filesystem (which may be just an USB disk or a photo camera) wants to see his music/photos/videos/documents and nothing else.
3- Windows programs don't mark a file as "hidden" without reason. It's because that file contain no information useful oto the user, only to the program.
4 - Therefore, the GUI must, by default, hide anything that stands in the way of the user to their data, including the Windows-hidden files.

5 - For the Pro user who wants to SEE everything in the disk, Nautilus must allow him to configure it in order to show the hidden files.


The solution I propose would include:

1 - Create a nautilous configuration option for "see hidden files in native filesystems" or so on.
2 - By Out of Box Default, this option should be unmarked (windows hidden files are hidden).
3 - When the user mounts an NTFS or FAT32, Nautilus shows
a small message saying "there are windows-hidden files in this folder. If you want to see them, then activate the "XXX checkbox in the menu YYY".

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Solution #3: Make '.' a Symbolic Character
Written by Penguin Guy the 3 Sep 09 at 13:28.
GUI:
In nautilus there should be a right-click option and a properties option to hide files.

Backend:
Make the dot a symbolic character meaning 'hidden' when put at the start of files - this would allow support for hidden files on FAT, without the need to modify programs. This should work on all supported filesystems. It should be possible to use the escape sequence \. to print an actual dot.
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Solution #4: Also Allow Hiding of Files
Written by Penguin Guy the 15 Oct 09 at 17:26.
On Windows filesystems Nautilus should have either a right-click option or a properties option to hide/unhide files.

See the 27 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 24 Nov 09 at 10:00) >>