Sleep, Hibernate

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I’m a new Linux/openSuse user. I wasn’t quite sure where to post this question but here you go.

When I choose sleep the screen turns black and a password dialogue box comes up but the computer never goes to sleep.

When I choose hibernate the screen turns gray and I have to press the power button on my computer to turn it off. Then when I turn it back on I have no internet connection so I have to restart my computer.

Any fixes for this? I’m running Gnome desktop, if that matters.

Thanks

Mark

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maybe this page will give you a starting point
Power Management - Suspend - openSUSE

much depends on your hardware - which you didn’t reveal.

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This howto should clear things up for you. If hibernating doesn’t work out of the box for you, try hibernating with ‘s2ram’ CLI commands, as per this s2ram link. For example, from a root shell try something like:

s2ram -f

If this works, then you can create/edit a file called ‘/etc/pm/config.d/config’ with an entry like

S2RAM_OPTS=“-f”

Some problematic network, audio, or graphics hardware can be taken care of with simple scripts (also outlined in links given above). If you have problems post again. Good luck.

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I get lost reading all of that stuff. I understand GUI. If I am going to have to run commands it needs to be explained much simpler. If it’s not a term known to a typical Windows user then I don’t know it. However, I can follow instructions.

Please speak simply and with instructions for every step. I read all the time about how great Linux is but it seems like even the simplest things like putting a computer to sleep or installing a driver are just not simple at all.

Thanks

Mark

Edit: Here’s my specs.

P5N-E SLI, Core2Duo E6850 @ 3GHZ, 2 GB DDR2 800MHZ
EVGA 8800GTS 320MB, 2x320GB Stripe, Vista Ultimate SP1, XP Pro SP3, OpenSuse
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro

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The specs you gave don’t provide the info that may be relevant, but for now just see if the following works. Open a console (aka terminal window or shell) and type these commands:

su (to become root user, enter password when prompted)
s2ram -f (try this to force suspension)

Then observe the result. Does your machine suspend ok? Any errors reported? (Cut and paste if relevant). If not, it may be necessary to check a log file for errors. Report back.

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Thanks for the reply. I tried that command and all it seemed to do was shut the graphics system down. I had to push the power button to shut down and when I powered back up a big Nvidia logo showed before the desktop came up. I don’t know if this helps but when I 1st installed Vista I had to set my keyboard and mouse, “not to wake the computer” for sleep to work. My muse and keyboard are usb. I have also since switched to KDE 3.5, if that helps.

Mark

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Ok, I don’t think I can offer any further specific advice. The power management link that caf4926 provided has a section dealing with nvidia chipsets:

NVidia Suspend HOWTO - openSUSE

You’re going to have to invest time and read it if you really want to your computer to suspend properly. There are some quirks with this graphics hardware that will require some configuration (= files to be edited) first.

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Ok Thanks for the help.

Mark