[SOLVED] Fedora 34 sleep mode? 😴

m3110w · 06-22-2021, 01:47 AM

I just purchased a MSI Bravo 15 AMD Ryzen 7 4800H 16GB 15.6" A4DDR-212IN laptop. I plan to totally wipe out Windows and install Fedora 34 with Gnome 40. No dual boot. I'm an average computer user and a Linux newbie. I only know the basics of computer tech. I don't know CLI.

QUESTION, Does Fedora 34 Gnome support sleep mode? Close the lid and the laptop goes to sleep? What do I need to do to enable sleep mode so it's very reliable?

business_kid · 06-24-2021, 06:12 AM

Yes, every distro supports suspend & hibernate. There are 3 possibilities.

Standby - a windoze thing.Your screen blanks, but your power stays on using 90% power. I recommend never using this.
Suspend, The current situation is written to ram, things power off and the cpu drops into power saving (S3, iirc). Minimal power is used.
Hibernate. The current situation is written to the swap partition, and everything goes off. Uses no power.

Fedora uses systemd so do a web search for the syntax, but suspend/hibernate are usually options in the window manager.

m3110w · 06-24-2021, 11:28 PM

These details were very helpful. Thanks! Anyway to mark a thread as resolved?

business_kid · 06-25-2021, 06:25 AM

Yep. It should appear above the thread for you, and in the 'thread tools' iirc. The OP has to do it.

m3110w · 06-25-2021, 11:04 AM

Got it. Thanks. Cheers.