A power-saving state, basically same thing as "Standby mode", that allows a computer to quickly resume full-power operation (typically within several seconds) when you want to start working again.
Questions tagged [sleep]
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Does it damage or increase wear on computer to use sleep (instead of shutdown) for days on end?
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…
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Waking From Sleep
Often it happens that I cannot wake my computer from sleep, it just does not react and I must force restart.
In power management is set to put display to sleep after 15 minutes and computer never.
So I guess it cannot wake display from sleep.
Does…
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Can not get Ubuntu 12.04 to sleep or suspend on Toshiba Satellite L35
Suspend works OK in Windows XP on this computer, but not in Ubuntu 12.04.
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