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Rob Beard wrote: > Grant Sewell wrote: > >> I have a new toy that came with Vista pre-installed. I do not know if >> this is an HP specific "feature" or not, but today I discovered >> something quite "interesting" about Microsoft Windows Vista... >> >> I went to shut it down properly, not the default hibernate (suspend to >> disk) but a proper shutdown. I thought it was shutting down nicely, so >> I closed the lid. The default (and current) setting is that closing the >> lid will put it into standby (suspend to RAM). Several hours later I >> open up the laptop to find it resumes from RAM and then continues >> shutting down as I had wanted. >> >> Now *that's* a bit stupid. >> >> Now that rant's off my chest... anyone got any positive stories about >> AR5007 chipset wireless cards under Linux? That's what's in this baby. >> I've got it to the point where it will now see the wireless networks >> about, just not connect to them! Arghgh! Current distro of choice >> being Ubuntu 8.0.4, but others are welcome. :) >> >> --Grant. >> >> > > LOL, my Dell does that on Windows XP. Can be most annoying. Usually > happens when I tell the machine to hibernate and it doesn't do anything. > I then tell it to shut down and close the lid, and hey presto when it > reboots it resumes into a shutdown. > > Sorry can't help on the wireless problem though. > > Rob > > > Funny you should bring this up, I have just been looking at the MS website, they boast about innovative features designed to reduce global warming, Don't electrical items on stand by use more electricity than they would if switched off Paul -- Support open file formats use ISO 26300 Open Document format as used by openoffice.org, http:///www.openoffice.org Next Lug meet : Thursday 31st July @ 7:30 onwards - Paignton rugby / cricket club August 16th Exeter Fun day event, See list or e-mail Rob Beard for details, any help would be great. visit us on IRC - irc.flashtek-uk.com / 6667 #dclug -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version 3.1 GIT d S: a C+++ UL++++ P+ L++ W++ N+ W--- O! V! PS+ Y! t+++ 5 X+++ R tv- b- DI! D++ G e H! r! z? -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK---- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html