Kubuntu-KDE4 8.04 missing suspend/hibernate on inspiron 9400

[Dotan Cohen]

2008/5/5 Charlie Zender <zender at uci.edu>:
> Hi,
>
> My inspiron 9400 has a fresh install of Kubuntu-KDE4 8.04.
> The "exit" and "logout" buttons in the taskbar no longer
> offer "suspend" and "hibernate" as options.
> They were (semi-working) options on the gutsy distribution previously
> installed on this machine.
> Where did they go? How do I get them back?
>
> Thanks,
> Charlie

On my Dell Inspiron 6400 those buttons disappeared when I installed
XGL with Compiz. Removing XGL made Compiz faster and restored the
buttons. I have the ATI x1400 graphics card, which is known
problematic, by the way, and I'm running the fglrx drivers.

Dotan Cohen

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