[NBLUG/talk] Ubuntu / eee Box can't get out of hibernation

[Dave Sisley]

Christopher Wagner wrote:
> If it's not even getting to the boot loader, then you may have a 
> larger problem.  I'm assuming you've tried pressing ESC, F2, F12, and 
> DEL when you first see the BIOS screen appear in order to prompt more 
> activity from it?
>
That's just it -- I never see a bios screen.  I can't get to it.
-d.
> Dave Sisley wrote:
>> Christopher Wagner wrote:
>>   
>>> I occasionally have a problem with my Dell XPS M1530 that is somewhat 
>>> similar.  I will place the laptop into power saving mode, then I open 
>>> the lid and press the power button to wake it up, and the lights 
>>> flicker for a second and shut back off.  To "reset" it, I press and 
>>> hold the power button for 5ish seconds, then press it again.  I don't 
>>> know at what point your wake-up process is failing, but maybe this 
>>> might apply?
>>>
>>> - Chris
>>>
>>>     
>> I have tried this - the hard reboot.  It doesn't boot - it just goes 
>> back to the eee box splash sreeen.  It does flash something about the 
>> 'asus gateway', but I don't get a motherboard splash where I might enter 
>> the bios settings or anything.  It just says 'eee Box'.  It is taunting 
>> me (Taunty Jackalope).
>>
>> -dave.
>>
>>   
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