no Fn+suspend with Etch?

lugoteehalt · 07-10-2007, 08:38 AM

Have just installed Etch and don't get suspend with the keys Fn+suspend like I used to.

Unlike before it's got acpi, but nothing happens if put lid down. How get suspend? Thanks any help.

nx5000 · 07-10-2007, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by lugoteehalt

Have just installed Etch and don't get suspend with the keys Fn+suspend like I used to.

Like u used to with.. debian?
On debian (as on other distro) I have to define my special keys (fn+multimedia) myself, but some are lucky it's done automatically.

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Unlike before it's got acpi, but nothing happens if put lid down. How get suspend? Thanks any help.

You need to define the action to suspend when lid is down (I am happy it's not by default btw). Either with your WindowManager or from the CLI.

lugoteehalt · 07-10-2007, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by nx5000

Like u used to with.. debian?
On debian (as on other distro) I have to define my special keys (fn+multimedia) myself, but some are lucky it's done automatically.

You need to define the action to suspend when lid is down (I am happy it's not by default btw). Either with your WindowManager or from the CLI.

Previously used Debian Sarg and it was automatic. So I have to fiddle about with ACPI, do I? Bit of a bugger I seem to recall. Perhaps if got rid of it, it wasn't on Sarge, then suspend would work? Thanks.

nx5000 · 07-10-2007, 09:55 AM

Which window manager do you use?
You have to know if the acpi event is received, if it is treated as "suspend". KDE does this with klaptop, it works quite well.
A lot of things changed between sarge and etch.

Does suspend work at all, manually?

lugoteehalt · 07-11-2007, 07:10 AM

Thanks. Enlightenment.

Havn't got room for KDE. Don't know how to suspend manually '$ suspend' ??

nx5000 · 07-11-2007, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by lugoteehalt

Thanks. Enlightenment.

Ok, I don't know if there is such applet or whatever in this WM. Probably better with a daemon running (which is actually much better for the cases where your WM is not running)
You could play with this one then look around in /etc/acpi
There are some examples here:
http://www.chaotika.org/~bluesceada/...t&sub=thinkpad

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Havn't got room for KDE. Don't know how to suspend manually '$ suspend' ??

I use "sudo s2disk" and "sudo s2ram" from uswsusp package.

edit:
It looks like the acpid provides /etc/acpi/sleep.sh and /etc/acpi/hibernate.sh which is quite more complicated than my little line.. maybe worth looking.

nx5000 · 07-11-2007, 09:15 AM

There is an other tool that works on a lot of computer that don't have specific drivers (like mine)
I use this:
xbindkeys

Example you want to call s2disk when you press Fn-f12
xbindkeys --key

Copy the lines in ~/.xbindkeysrc and replace "no command" by "sudo s2disk".

Launch xbindkeys
xbindkeys

Then try fnf12 it should call "sudo s2disk"

I have Volume + , Volume - , Mute, Window key is "xmms2 next"

Quote:

"aumix -v-10"
m:0x0 + c:174

"aumix -v+10"
m:0x0 + c:176

"mute"
m:0x0 + c:160

"xmms2 play"
m:0xffeb + c:41

"sudo s2disk"
m:0x0 + c:96
F12

lugoteehalt · 07-12-2007, 08:44 AM

Thanks nx5000. $ hibernate works, thought have to be root - chmod u+s /blah/hibernate didn't work. Perhaps sudo hibernate?

acpi seems only to have the power button covered - even that's a bit complex: the shell script involves other things beside 'shutdown'. I'll try your suggestions and see what happens. It's tempting to remove acpi and replace it with apm, which was very good under sarge, giving back light turn off when bios times out, which doesn't happen now. Thanks again.

nx5000 · 07-12-2007, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by lugoteehalt

Thanks nx5000. $ hibernate works, thought have to be root - chmod u+s /blah/hibernate didn't work. Perhaps sudo hibernate?

+s bit has only effect on ELF binaries! Not on perl script nor shell script.
I do "sudo s2disk", probably "sudo hibernate" is even better, I didn't know this stuff.
I don't know a lot acpi but even less apm..

lugoteehalt · 07-12-2007, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by nx5000

+s bit has only effect on ELF binaries! Not on perl script nor shell script.

Good stuff - didn't know that thing about ELF binaries.