If I go many days without shutting down the computer and instead just put it to sleep, is there risk of any damage occurring to my computer? Is this not recommended or bad for the computer in any way? Sleep does cause a small icon to light up on my computer, will this prematurely burn out this light or prematurely wear out anything?
I want to sleep my display - just the display, not the computer.
I've been looking in Compiz for an option like "hot corner to sleep display" - something that I've setup in OSX 10.7.
How can I accomplish something similar in Ubuntu 12.04? (shortcut, command in terminal,... )
I'm using an ASUS laptop with Windows 7, and I just installed Ubuntu alongside Windows yesterday, using the no-risk option. I noticed, though, that I can't hibernate Ubuntu the way I did with Windows to save time, and, every time I use Ubuntu, I have to shut down to go into Windows, which has a slow boot.
Is there any way that I could have Windows and Ubuntu hibernated at the same time so I can access both easily (preferably without having to hit a function key within seconds). When I try to hibernate or suspend Ubuntu with Windows shut down, the screen just turns blue and doesn't shut the computer off like a Windows hibernate or sleep.
I want my PC to sleep at 04:58 and wake at 05:15, every day.
How do I do that?
I recently assembled a new computer with the second generation Intel Core i7-2600K processor (Sandy Bridge) and solid state drive. The solid state drive is only 60 GB and I have lots of RAM so I did no create a swap partition. Ubuntu is installed on a GUID partition and I'm using EFI boot if that's relevant. My motherboard is the Asus P8Z68-V LE and I currently have the automatic overclocking feature enabled.
Every thing seems to be working fine with this new system at the moment, except I cannot put it to sleep. If I choose "Suspend" in GNOME 3, the computer shuts off and I have trouble turning it on again. Here's what happens when I try to turn the computer on again after it fails to sleep:
The first time I push the power button to turn it on again, my monitors won't turn on again and the system doesn't do anything. At this point, I hold the power button to turn the computer off again.
The second time I try to turn it on, the UEFI (BIOS) beeps three times and I still don't see anything on the monitors. I have to push and hold the power button again to get it to shut off.
The third time I try and turn the computer on, it works okay.
So far I haven't had any problem shutting the system down or booting it up. Has any one else experienced this problem? Or could anyone point me in the right direction to find a solution?
Thanks!