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Questions tagged [suspend]

Questions about suspending your computer and related power-management questions.

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How do I suspend Arch Linux

What command suspends an appropriately configured Arch Linux system? User story: It's now or never. I'm on the run. I don't have time to read ArchWiki/Power_management/Suspend_and_hibernate but I want to be energy-efficient. How do I suspend Arch…
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Is it safe to remove USB media when a computer is suspended?

We are often cautioned against unplugging USB drives in case it is currently being read from or written to. When a computer is suspended, hibernated, or asleep is it obviously not writing any data; it may have been in the middle of a read/write,…
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How to make suspend to RAM secure on Ubuntu with full disk encryption (LVM on top of LUKS)?

I'm on Ubuntu 13.04 using full disk encryption (LVM on top of LUKS). I would like to incorporate luksSuspend into the suspend procedure (and later use luksResume) so that I can suspend to RAM without leaving key material on memory and the root…
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Run script on suspend/resume in Mac OS X

Is there any way to automatically run a script on suspend/resume (i.e. when I close the lid, or after opening it) under Mac OS X 10.4?
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Automatically lock screen of Chromebook when lid is closed

Can a Chromebook be configured to automatically lock the screen when I close the lid? There is a discussion in If someone steals my chromebook while it's off, will him be able to see my cached data? about the security of user data for a Chromebook…
Shannon Wagner
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Is there a way to hibernate windows applications separately?

Just freeze an application (suspend the CPU, save its state to disk) and 'defrost' it when I want to use it 4 weeks later.
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How to reduce the Firefox memory usage as much as possible

I have a small memory and Firefox is using a big chunk of it, I need to reduce its memory usage as much as possible. One possible solution is for Firefox to automatically suspend idle tabs. First of all, for all solutions in Automatically suspend or…
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Is there a way to call a script when Ubuntu wakes up from suspend or hibernate mode?

I have a little shell script that I run automatically when I log on to my Ubuntu machine; it will set the parameters of my touchpad the way I like it. However, when Ubuntu wakes up after being hibernated or suspended, my touchpad reverts to its…
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Why does my USB mouse get suspended after 3 seconds of inactivity?

The mouse's bottom LED goes off after 3 seconds after the connection and cursor movements and the wheel stops. Pressing any button, reconnecting or resetting the USB device resumes it for another 3 seconds (when resumed by pressing a button, this…
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logind.conf not working, closing lid will not suspend laptop

I am running Fedora 22 on a Dell Latitude E6230.  At some point I got a software patch that broke the laptop suspending when I close the lid.  It was working, and now it is not.  I am not sure what patch caused this, or why.  I am also a newbie to…
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Ubuntu 15.04: suspend from console without sudo

For years I have been able to suspend my Ubuntu-based machine from regular account using dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest="org.freedesktop.UPower" /org/freedesktop/UPower org.freedesktop.UPower.Suspend This no longer works in Ubuntu 15.04,…
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How do I run commands on suspend/return from suspend?

I suspend my laptop (pm-suspend) often and sometimes my desktop (pm-suspend-hybrid) fairly often. I am using the latest ubuntu (13.10, saucy). Is there a way I could run a command when I go into suspend or immediately after coming out of suspend? …
Frew Schmidt
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How to stop Windows 10 from suspending a particular application (RStudio)

First off, I wasn't sure if this was a question better suited to Super User or one of the other communities like Cross Validated, so please let me know if this is in the wrong place. I'm having an issue where while I am actively using RStudio,…
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How to troubleshoot suspend and hibernate in Ubuntu

I have Ubuntu Lucid installed on a Panasonic Toughbook CF-29. Most things work well, but, under Gnome, suspend and hibernate do not work. Interestingly, in Xubuntu, hibernate does work. So my question is twofold: 1) How do I troubleshoot the…
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How to restart a systemd service upon resume

I have the following service configuration : $ systemctl cat bluetooth # /lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service [Unit] Description=Bluetooth…
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