howto block suspend on OS 12.3 host when virtualbox running

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#1

I’m running VirtualBox 4.2.18 as host under KDE4 on openSUSE 12.3 on 64bit Intel. I’m running a couple of 32 bit guests (Vista, Slackware).

I’ve had guest lockups when the host suspends.

How can I stop suspend under KDE4.10.5 when VirtualBox is running?
On 11.3 I knew how to do it - add it to the blacklist, but I can’t find that now, and it seems to depend on services accessible through qdbus …

Thanks for any help
David

#2

On 2013-09-22 15:16, jetojedno wrote:
>
> I’m running VirtualBox 4.2.18 as host under KDE4 on openSUSE 12.3 on
> 64bit Intel. I’m running a couple of 32 bit guests (Vista, Slackware).
>
> I’ve had guest lockups when the host suspends.
>
> How can I stop suspend under KDE4.10.5 when VirtualBox is running?
> On 11.3 I knew how to do it - add it to the blacklist, but I can’t find
> that now, and it seems to depend on services accessible through qdbus

Try this:



Telcontar:~ # cat /etc/pm/sleep.d/5inhibit
#!/bin/bash


.. /usr/lib/pm-utils/functions


RETVAL=0

case "$1" in
suspend)
RETVAL=1
#This does not abort.
touch $INHIBIT
#This does.
MESSAGE="Aborting suspend to RAM because it crashes system. "
/bin/logger -t pm-utils -p syslog.warn $MESSAGE
echo "$MESSAGE  Touched $INHIBIT"
;;
hibernate)
;;
thaw|resume)
;;
*)
;;
esac
exit $RETVAL

# Idea for $INHIBIT in /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/30s2disk-check
Telcontar:~ #

I’m unsure if it works or not.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)

#3

Look at systemd-inhibit. It would be something like

systemd-inhibit --mode=block --what=sleep vritualbox ...

(I do not know how actual virtual box command is called.)

#4

Perfect! Thanks.