Gnome Power Manager Manual preferences screen language should distinguish between suspend and hibernate

[Mark Zschoch]

Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager

The Gnome Power Manager Manual preferences screen (specifically section 5.2) would be significantly improved by language that would distinguish between suspend and hibernate (APCI S3 and ACPI S4. A lot of newbies don't know how they differ functionally.

Admittedly, this is not really a bug or defect.

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

gnome-power-manager:
  Installed: 2.24.0-0ubuntu8.2

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
Package: yelp 2.24.0-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-14-generic i686

[Scott Howard (showard314)]

Thank you for taking the time to make Ubuntu better. Since what you submitted is not really a bug, or a problem, but rather an idea to improve Ubuntu, you are invited to post your idea in Ubuntu Brainstorm at http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ where it can be discussed, voted by the community and reviewed by developers. Thanks for taking the time to share your opinion!
Also, this might be good to discuss on the GPM mailing list. The upstream site is located at:
http://projects.gnome.org/gnome-power-manager/

[Mark Zschoch (mzschoch)]

Thanks Scott. I appreciate the gentle redirect and will check out
Brainstorm.

On Wed, 1 Jul 2009, Scott Howard wrote:

> Thank you for taking the time to make Ubuntu better. Since what you submitted is not really a bug, or a problem, but rather an idea to improve Ubuntu, you are invited to post your idea in Ubuntu Brainstorm at http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ where it can be discussed, voted by the community and reviewed by developers. Thanks for taking the time to share your opinion!
> Also, this might be good to discuss on the GPM mailing list. The upstream site is located at:
> http://projects.gnome.org/gnome-power-manager/
>
> ** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
>
> ** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Triaged
>
> ** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu)
> Status: Triaged => Confirmed
>
> --
> Gnome Power Manager Manual preferences screen language should distinguish between suspend and hibernate
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/394130
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in ?gnome-power-manager? package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager
>
> The Gnome Power Manager Manual preferences screen (specifically section 5.2) would be significantly improved by language that would distinguish between suspend and hibernate (APCI S3 and ACPI S4. A lot of newbies don't know how they differ functionally.
>
> Admittedly, this is not really a bug or defect.
>
> lsb_release -rd
> Description: Ubuntu 8.10
> Release: 8.10
>
> gnome-power-manager:
> Installed: 2.24.0-0ubuntu8.2
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
> Package: yelp 2.24.0-0ubuntu2
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
> LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: yelp
> Uname: Linux 2.6.27-14-generic i686
>