Tagged Questions

0
votes
1answer
43 views

Strange behaviour when close the lid of my MBA

I have an MBA and I'm used to close the lid without any problem in OSX. I've installed ubuntu 13.04 in dual boot with rEFit. The problem is that sometimes something strange happens when I close the ...
0
votes
0answers
27 views

Ubuntu wont suspend with external monitors attached to my laptops when closing the lid or clicking suspend from the menu bar

I've had this problem for a few releases and it affects all of my laptops; I specifically have this issue on an alienware m14x, a lenovo ideapad y530, and an acer aspire 4720z. If I unplug the ...
0
votes
0answers
68 views

Ubuntu 12.04 repeatedly failing to wake up after lid close

I have Ubuntu 12.04 on a Toshiba Satellite A300 - 210. Quite often, waking up from suspend mode fails with blinking screen. Here's what happens: Close laptop lid to suspend Ubuntu. Open the lid to ...
2
votes
1answer
89 views

Turning off battery management on desktop

Just installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a Dell Optiplex GX280 desktop computer. When I hook up my bluetooth mouse and keyboard it seems to recognize their batteries as the actual battery of the computer. As if ...
1
vote
0answers
56 views

How to get around graphical issue when “waking” computer from suspend?

I've checked a few of the similar questions. But they have provided no viable answer. I would rather not install Nvidia drivers. Because I've had nothing but trouble with them. But to the problem. ...
0
votes
0answers
52 views

Laptop won't sleep: Package power limit notification

I'm fairly new to this. I've been using Ubuntu 12.10 for a few weeks now, have used this site to fix a couple problems already. I can't seem to find a fix for this though: I am using an Asus x201e ...
1
vote
0answers
28 views

after disabling dpms, how to keep dpms disabled after resume from suspend?

Ubuntu 12.10 quantal: On login, I run "xset -dpms s 0 0 s off". This works great until I suspend and resume. For some reason, dpms is re-enabled after resume. Is there an easy way to completely ...
0
votes
1answer
221 views

Power Management Suspend/hibernate/hybrid suspend problem Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit

Hi I am using a Dell inspiron 7520, I've got a i7 2.1ghz CPU with an AMD Radeon HD 7730m working on switchable graphic with an intel HD 4000. I am using the computer on Linux only so there's no ...
3
votes
1answer
73 views

Is the pm-suspend command equivalent to the GUI suspend option?

I noticed the pm-suspend command and was wondering whether this is the same as selecting the sleep option on the main menu. If not, how does it differ?
2
votes
0answers
121 views

“power off and on” specifc usb port in Ubuntu 12.04

I am trying to power off and power on usb port in Ubuntu 12.04 without success. I tried the steps listed below: echo "0" > "/sys/bus/usb/devices/$port/power/autosuspend" echo "auto" > ...
0
votes
0answers
30 views

HP G6 laptop will not suspend when on battery

I have an HP G6 laptop with 12.10 installed. When running on Battery power it never suspends and the screen never dims. When the AC adapter is plugged in it will dim and eventually suspend just fine. ...
2
votes
0answers
53 views

How to tell if laptop was woken by rtc?

Say I set my laptop to wake every morning with rtcwake (e.g. echo $(date +%s 'tomorrow 08:00') > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm in a cron job or in /etc/pm/sleep.d/99-set-alarm.sh). Now, I'd like ...
3
votes
1answer
263 views

Suspend problems - Chromebook running 12.04.1 LTS

I've been running Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS for a few days now on my Acer C7 Chromebook - and in general it's running great. However, I've noticed that when I try to suspend one of various things can ...
2
votes
0answers
23 views

How to wake-up / suspend (or switch-off) Ubuntu 12.10 Desktop system automatically at a particular time of the day? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Scheduling StartUp and ShutDown Currently, I keep my Ubuntu 12.10 Desktop system continuously running as I have to download some data at a particular time which ...
0
votes
1answer
167 views

How do you control how hybrid suspend works?

I would like hybrid suspend to act a certain way. If I add the code # Always use suspend_hybrid instead of suspend if [ "$METHOD" = "suspend" ]; then METHOD=suspend_hybrid fi PM_HIBERNATE_DELAY=XX ...
1
vote
0answers
268 views

screen does not wake up after suspend/ brightness will not adjust

My computer is one of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230467 Asus Zenbook UX32A-DB51 Just bought it yesterday. Set to "suspend" when I close the lid, but when I open it ...
2
votes
0answers
358 views

Suspend on power button when session is locked

It is possible to configure Ubuntu so that pressing the power button causes an immediate suspend (see here, for example). That configuration does not work, however, if the session is locked. Is it ...
1
vote
0answers
32 views

Temporary disable suspend when x command is running?

How do you temporarily disable suspend functionality when a certain command is running? This request is similar to caffeine but caffeine does not offer this functionality.
0
votes
0answers
25 views

Can I set the default behaviour of power button to suspend the machine on 12.04? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I modify the power options? Whenever you press the power button on Ubuntu 12.04 a shutdown dialog appears, but I would like it to simply suspend the machine ...
3
votes
0answers
248 views

How do I prevent immediate wake up from suspend (version II)?

This question covers one reason a computer might immediately wake after suspend: How do I prevent immediate wake up from suspend? I seem to have a different one. After a recent security patch update ...
0
votes
0answers
132 views

HP311 laptop fails to Suspend nor Hibernate on Lid Close

Machine-> HP311 NetBook Dual Booting Windows 7 and 12.04 Problem-> Under System Settings - Power, I have attempted to set: When the lid is closed: On Battery -> Hibernate When Plugged in -> Suspend ...
4
votes
1answer
133 views

Limiting what resumes computer from suspend

I'm having a ton of trouble getting Suspend to work with my laptop. I want to start using Ubuntu but this is a pretty important aspect since I take my laptop with me everywhere. Anyways, I wanted to ...
3
votes
1answer
188 views

How do I detect when my system wakes up from suspend via DBus or similar in a python app?

In a background Python script I need to detect, when the system just woke up from suspend. What is a good way that does not rely on a root script but rather on python modules such as DBus? I'm new to ...
0
votes
0answers
15 views

Freezing after suspense [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: There's an issue with an Alpha/Beta Release of Ubuntu, what should I do? I have Dell D630 laptop with almost fresh Ubuntu 12.10. Default power settings say that ...
1
vote
2answers
1k views

Unity won't suspend on inactivity

Running 12.04. I can manually suspend the system and wake it up again, but I can't get it to suspend on inactivity automatically. I have it set to "Suspend when inactive for" 10 minutes in ...
1
vote
1answer
133 views

Automatic Power On After Suspend

With every laptop I've had which had Ubuntu installed on it, first my Acer Aspire One and then my Dell Inspiron 15R, when I close it, it goes into suspend mode. When I open it, it attempts to power ...
1
vote
0answers
426 views

Shutdown button not working [closed]

I have 12.04 installed on my laptop. It was working perfectly until yesterday. Since then, no matter whether I choose restart shutdown or suspend option from GUI, my computer suspends. Please give ...
1
vote
1answer
147 views

My Lenovo W500 resumes from suspend prematurely

In both Ubuntu 10.04 and 12.04, a perfectly happy sleeping laptop is woken when moved. Either the HD-shock detection, the trackpad or a sloppy key will wake it when the lid is closed. To test this I ...
1
vote
0answers
198 views

Ubuntu won't suspend automatically any more [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Unity won't suspend on inactivity In the last month or so, Ubuntu (12.04) has stopped sleeping automatically. I've gone to System Settings > Power, and verified (and ...
0
votes
1answer
115 views

How do I resume my session?

I have a desktop computer running Ubuntu, which is a very powerful system and I don't want it on all the time, so I would like to use the Suspend feature, but there is one problem: My computer won't ...
3
votes
2answers
2k views

What prevents setting ATI / radeon power_profile from boot and retaining it after suspend?

I'm successfully using the open source radeon driver and use KMS-power_profiles (see link below) for power management of my graphics to prevent overheating. But I can't manage to set the power_profile ...
3
votes
1answer
386 views

Laptop shuts down upon waking from suspend

The computer enters suspend either by closing lid, choosing suspend from the top-right drop down, or hitting the power button and pressing suspend. It doesn't matter. I then attempt to wake the ...
2
votes
3answers
1k views

xubuntu 12.04 restarts after suspend - only from my account

After installing a clean xubuntu 12.04 I noticed that when I suspend, the computer suspends and turns itself off (you see the lights go off, and a click sound from the HD or fans), but then about 2 ...
0
votes
0answers
171 views

how to set power management actions in U 12.04?

I need to know, how to set "what to do" if power keys on keyboard are pressed, how to disable some of them, ... I can't find nothing neither in gconf-editor nor in dconf. In keyboard shortcuts is ...
0
votes
1answer
117 views

Laptop camera (/dev/video) not there after suspend - reboot needed to get it back

Camera stops working on my laptop after suspend and wake. I have to restart to get it back. When listing the /dev/ directory there is no /dev/video after wake. Is there a way to get it back without ...
1
vote
1answer
121 views

modified suspend mode for ubuntu

Is it possible to put ubuntu (12.04) into a 'modified suspend' mode which basically works like the regular suspend, but allows me to run my vlc for streaming video through the network, while I am away ...
2
votes
0answers
3k views

Screen stays black after Waking Up from Suspend [closed]

I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on HP DM4 Beats Edition and the suspend and wake up were working perfectly, but after an update I can't see 'Caps Lock' light, Wireless light etc, the fan is running but the ...
1
vote
0answers
389 views

How to enable Hibernate in 12.04? (Again) [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to enable Hibernate in 12.04? I just installed the new 12.04 beta on my Lenovo Ideapad U450. According to this thread Whither hybrid suspend? hibernate and suspend ...
1
vote
0answers
232 views

How to enable Hibernate in 12.04? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to modify policykit to allow hibernation in upower? I just installed the new 12.04 beta on my Lenovo Ideapad U450. According to this thread Whither hybrid suspend? ...
0
votes
1answer
670 views

Suspend USB power to a laptop cooling pad when going to suspend mode

When I suspend the laptop, the USB devices are left on. I don't mind this in general, however I'd like to be able to turn off the cooling pad under it. I tried the things outlined in the following: ...
4
votes
1answer
2k views

How can I set my system to suspend when inactive to a longer amount of time

I run Mythtv on some Ubuntu 11.10 based machines. In the power settings, I can choose from a list of time periods from 5 minutes up to 1 hour for the the machine to suspend when inactive. I would ...
10
votes
3answers
1k views

Stop laptop from suspending when closing lid in lightdm

How do I stop my laptop from suspending when closing the lid under lightdm - the power management settings in xfce or gnome 3 does not seem to apply when the window manager is not running.
1
vote
2answers
1k views

Dell Dimension 3000 goes into sleep and won't wake up

I installed ubuntu 11.10 on my old desktop Dell Dimension 3000. The installation went well except that I noticed that it installed the OS on the 1T external USB disk. The problem I am seeing is that ...
1
vote
1answer
841 views

How to change keyboard sleep button to hibernate?

I have a keyboard with a "sleep" button that does indeed make my computer go to sleep. The problem is that Ubuntu can't really handle sleep on my computer, causing it go into a non-responsive mode, ...
6
votes
2answers
419 views

How do I set the computer to suspend when battery is critically low?

I accidentally clicked on the option "When power is critically low" under System Settings>Power. The original entry was blank, but the only two options after I clicked were Hibernate and Shutdown. I ...
7
votes
4answers
855 views

Suspend when critically low power 11.10

Is there a way to suspend when Ubuntu is at critically low power. The only option in Ubuntu 11.10 power setting is to shutdown or hibernate. I run my battery all the way down till it suspends then i ...
0
votes
1answer
576 views

11.04 -> 11.10 update problems (Power, Display, Resolution)

I have serious issues with Ubuntu (64 bit) after upgrading system from 11.04 to 11.10. My hardware: Asus G53SW (i7-2630QM, 8GB RAM, GF GTX460M) Power (UPower) - when I change behaviour of lid ...
-1
votes
2answers
274 views

My computer will no longer suspend or shut off when I close the lid [closed]

This is somewhat annoying. I have an old laptop and the screen on it is shot, so now I have an old monitor hooked up and it works fine. Before the upgrade I had it set so that when i closed the lid on ...
5
votes
1answer
551 views

Prevent temporally suspend/hibernate from script?

Is there any way to prevent temporally suspend/hibernate from a script? I want the screen to enter in powersave mode when appropriate, but the computer doesn't stop. Caffeine doesn't allow this: it ...
2
votes
3answers
3k views

Unable to suspend - power manager vanished

Recently, after a few upgrades, I find that the power-management applet indicator has vanished, and the option of Suspend has suddenly changed to Power-off. I can still suspend through sudo ...

1 2