How do I wake my computer up by just moving the mouse?

I checked the settings and must not have adjusted the right one but ever since I updated to Lion instead of being able to wake my computer by moving the mouse (touching the trackpad) now I have to hit the spacebar.. Anyone know what setting I need to change to get it back the way I like it?

Slammer99uk wrote:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1174839
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1174839#post12806417
And many many other places on the net found with google.
Perhaps I should have made my post clearer, the default is click a mouse button OR use a key on the keyboard.
Jerry
Sorry, I don't do Mac Rumors - and judging by the post dates, they were talking about issues with SL, not Lion (unless they were violating an NDA). I do know how to use Google.
In my case using Lion on both an iMac with mouse and magic trackpad and a Macbook with a trackpad, doing anything with the mouse or trackpad produces zero results. In checking with Apple, I was told that having to use the keyboard was the new default. So, some configurations may still allow wake-up with a mouse, but the intent appears to be for the keyboard to be the "wake-up alarm".

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