[SOLVED] No suspend/hibernate

jd63 · 2016-01-04 08:17:06

Hi,

I've installed Xfce on a netbook but there are no options in the logout window for suspend/hibernate (only Logout, Restart, and Shutdown). Running xfce4-power-manager in debug mode reveals that suspend/hibernate are not authorized but I don't know how to configure it to authorize them or change permissions. Or perhaps I need to add another xfce package?

Thanks in advance for any help.

P.S. Looking at the xfce docs this problem comes up in the FAQ. One possible reason could be that the kernel wasn't compiled with suspend/hibernate options but I can rule this out because suspend works ok when doing "pm-suspend" from a terminal.

Last edited by jd63 (2016-01-06 09:30:16)

ToZ · 2016-01-04 11:14:03

Hello and welcome.

This is most probably an issue with consolekit or policykit. What version of Xfce and which distro are you running? How are you starting Xfce?

jd63 · 2016-01-04 13:01:25

Hi ToZ,

I'm using version 4.10 of Xfce with a Slackware based distro called Salix (the 32 bit Xfce version downloaded from http://www.salixos.org/download.html). Xfce is started by default. Salix gives you several options when installing -- "full" or "basic" (the latter only installs packages for a basic graphical environment). I have the full version on my desktop and suspend/hibernate are on the logout window but I selected the "basic" install for my netbook, which made me think that maybe there is a needed package missing, although I have both the Xfce settings and session managers installed.

Last edited by jd63 (2016-01-04 13:04:50)

ToZ · 2016-01-04 15:50:14

jd63 wrote:

Xfce is started by default.

Does the distro use a display manager (login screen)? If so, do you know which one (lightdm, gdm, etc). Is there a difference between the full and basic packages with respect to the display manager being used?

Salix gives you several options when installing -- "full" or "basic" (the latter only installs packages for a basic graphical environment). I have the full version on my desktop and suspend/hibernate are on the logout window but I selected the "basic" install for my netbook, which made me think that maybe there is a needed package missing, although I have both the Xfce settings and session managers installed.

Since you've installed both the full and basic versions on two different systems, query a listing of the installed packages on both and look for differences with respect to the policykit and/or consolekit packages. Perhaps one of them is missing in the basic install.

jd63 · 2016-01-04 17:17:17

Hi ToZ,

The distro uses gdm. I compared the packages and the consolekit package is installed in both, but here is a list of the packages in my Desktop which are NOT in the netbook:

a52dec-0.7.4-i486-1tm
apr-1.4.6-i486-1
apr-1.5.0-i486-1_slack14.1
apr-util-1.5.1-i486-1
apr-util-1.5.3-i486-1_slack14.1
at-spi2-atk-2.8.1-i486-1
at-spi2-core-2.8.0-i486-1
atkmm-2.22.7-i486-1_msb
babl-0.1.10-i486-1
bash-4.2.045-i486-1
bash-4.2.053-i486-1_slack14.1
bc-1.06.95-i486-1
bluez-4.99-i486-3
bluez-firmware-1.2-i486-1
bluez-hcidump-2.4-i486-1
btrfs-progs-20130418-i486-1
btrfs-progs-20150213-i486-1
ca-certificates-20130906-noarch-1
ca-certificates-20150426-noarch-2_slack14.1
cairo-1.12.16-i486-1_slack14.1
cairo-1.12.16-i486-2gv
cairomm-1.10.0-i486-1gv
catfish-0.3.2-i486-3gv
celt-0.11.1-i486-1gv
chmlib-0.40-i486-2
claws-mail-3.9.2-i486-1gv
cups-1.5.4-i486-4_slack14.1
curl-7.35.0-i486-1_slack14.1
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dhcpcd-6.0.5-i486-2
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galculator-2.1.2-i486-1gv
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gegl-0.2.0-i486-2
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glibmm-2.36.2-i486-1_msb
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libquicktime-1.2.4-i486-2gv
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libreplaygain-r475-i486-1gv
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libshout-2.3.1-i486-1gv
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libsigc++-2.2.11-i486-1_msb
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libtasn1-3.3-i486-1
libtasn1-3.6-i486-1_slack14.1
libvpx-1.2.0-i486-1gv
libwmf-0.2.8.4-i486-5
libxfcegui4-4.10.0-i486-2
lilosetup-0.3.2-noarch-1gv
madplay-0.15.2b-i486-4
mariadb-5.5.43-i486-1_slack14.1
mate-dialogs-1.6.2-i486-1gv
mate-dialogs-1.8.0-i486-1gv
mate-document-viewer-1.8.0-i486-1gv
mate-file-archiver-1.8.0-i486-1gv
meld-1.8.2-i486-1gv
menumaker-0.99.7-i486-1_SBo
midori-0.5.7-i486-1gv
midori-0.5.8-i486-2gv
mjpegtools-2.1.0-i486-1gv
mozilla-nss-3.20.1-i486-1_slack14.1
mpg123-1.15.4-i486-1
musepack-tools-r475-i486-1gv
mutagen-1.22-i486-1gv
ndisgtk-0.8.5-i486-1gv
ndiswrapper-1.59-i486-3.10.17.smp.1rl
notify-python-0.1.1-i486-3
ntp-4.2.6p5-i486-3gv
ntp-4.2.8p4-i486-1_slack14.1
obex-data-server-0.4.6-i486-2
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openal-soft-1.15.1-i486-1gv
opencore-amr-0.1.3-i486-1gv
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openobex-1.5-i486-1
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opus-1.1-i486-2gv
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perl-File-DesktopEntry-0.08-i486-1tjb
perl-File-MimeInfo-0.21-i486-1tjb
perl-cairo-1.104-i486-1tjb
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perl-extutils-pkgconfig-1.15-i486-1gv
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ppp-2.4.5-i486-2
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pycups-1.9.61-i486-1
pycurl-7.19.0-i486-2
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pyxdg-0.25-i486-1gv
qt-4.8.7-i486-1_slack14.1
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spi-0.3-noarch-1gv
spi-0.5-noarch-1gv
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syslinux-4.06-i486-1
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udisks-1.0.4-i486-2
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unetbootin-585-i486-1rl
upower-0.9.17-i486-1
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urwid-1.0.1-i486-1
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viewnior-1.3-i486-1gv
vorbis-tools-1.4.0-i486-1
wavpack-4.60.1-i486-1
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webkitgtk-2.2.5-i486-1gv
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wicd-1.7.2.4-i486-4
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wxGTK-2.8.12.1-i486-1ab
x264-20131106-i486-1gv
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xdg-utils-1.1.0_rc1-noarch-2
xdg-utils-1.1.0rc1-noarch-1dj
xfburn-0.4.3-i686-3gv
xfce4-clipman-plugin-1.2.3-i486-2
xfce4-cpufreq-plugin-1.1.0-i486-1gv
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xfce4-diskperf-plugin-2.5.4-i486-2rl
xfce4-genmon-plugin-3.4-i486-2gv
xfce4-mixer-4.8.0-i486-1
xfce4-netload-plugin-1.2.0-i486-1gv
xfce4-notes-plugin-1.7.7-i486-3gv
xfce4-places-plugin-1.5.0-i486-1gv
xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin-1.9.4-i486-3rl
xfce4-screenshooter-1.8.1-i486-2
xfce4-systemload-plugin-1.1.1-i486-2
xfce4-taskmanager-1.0.0-i486-2
xfce4-verve-plugin-1.0.0-i486-3rl
xfce4-volumed-0.1.13-i486-1
xfce4-wavelan-plugin-0.5.11-i486-1gv
xfce4-weather-plugin-0.8.4-i486-1gv_salix14.1
xfce4-xkb-plugin-0.5.6-i486-1gv
xorg-server-1.14.3-i486-2
xorg-server-1.14.3-i486-3_slack14.1
xorg-server-xephyr-1.14.3-i486-2
xorg-server-xephyr-1.14.3-i486-3_slack14.1
xorg-server-xnest-1.14.3-i486-2
xorg-server-xnest-1.14.3-i486-3_slack14.1
xorg-server-xvfb-1.14.3-i486-2
xorg-server-xvfb-1.14.3-i486-3_slack14.1
xscreensaver-5.22-i486-2
xscreensaver-5.29-i486-1_slack14.1
xterm-297-i486-1
xvidcore-1.3.2-i486-2gv
zd1211-firmware-1.4-fw-1
zim-0.60-i486-1tjb
zope.interface-4.0.5-i486-1rl

Any suggestions? Thanks for your patience.

ToZ: added code tags

Last edited by ToZ (2016-01-05 03:10:56)

MountainDewManiac · 2016-01-05 00:33:58

Yes. Since that list is quite extensive and wide-ranging, why not check each one in Synaptic Package Manager (or whatever your distro uses as a package manager), read the descriptions of each, and then recreate the list with those that appear to almost certainly NOT be possibilities removed? It'd reduce the work for those who are able to help - with the additional benefit of you learning about your distro. Also, there might be a chance that you will suddenly realize that a certain file seems, by its description, to be the one that you should install on your netbook.

Just a suggestion. I've seen people like ToZ go to great lengths to help people who started out by providing almost no information at all, lol, so not doing the above probably won't get you ignored.

Regards,
MDM

ToZ · 2016-01-05 03:14:22

Can you post back the results of:

xfce4-power-manager --dump

...from both of your systems.

And also the result of:

groups

jd63 · 2016-01-05 08:46:53

NETBOOK:

users lp wheel floppy dialout audio video cdrom plugdev power netdev scanner

---------------------------------------------------
       Xfce power manager version 1.2.0
With policykit support
With network manager support
With DPMS support
---------------------------------------------------
Can suspend: False
Can hibernate: False
Can spin down hard disks: True
Authorised to suspend: False
Authorised to hibernate: False
Authorised to shutdown: True
Authorised to spin down hard disks: True
Has battery: False
Has brightness panel: True
Has power button: True
Has hibernate button: True
Has sleep button: True
Has LID: False

DESKTOP:

users lp wheel floppy audio video cdrom plugdev power netdev scanner

       Xfce power manager version 1.2.0
With policykit support
With network manager support
With DPMS support
---------------------------------------------------
Can suspend: True
Can hibernate: True
Can spin down hard disks: True
Authorised to suspend: True
Authorised to hibernate: True
Authorised to shutdown: True
Authorised to spin down hard disks: True
Has battery: False
Has brightness panel: False
Has power button: True
Has hibernate button: True
Has sleep button: True
Has LID: False

ToZ · 2016-01-05 11:31:59

Can you try installing upower on your netbook and see if that helps? Post back the results of those commands again afterwards.

Note: embed your responses in [ c o d e ] [ / c o d e ] (no spaces) tags to make them easier to read.

jd63 · 2016-01-05 13:39:39

Hi ToZ,

SUCCESS!

After installing upower and logging out/in the suspend and hibernate buttons are on the logout window. Thanks very much for your help. :^)

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#1 2016-01-04 08:17:06

[SOLVED] No suspend/hibernate

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Re: [SOLVED] No suspend/hibernate

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Re: [SOLVED] No suspend/hibernate

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Re: [SOLVED] No suspend/hibernate

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Re: [SOLVED] No suspend/hibernate

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Re: [SOLVED] No suspend/hibernate

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