MATE64 suspend on lid down.[solved]

Unread post by **wuxmedia** » Sat Jun 15, 2013 7:56 am

so i close the lid, screen blanks only - came home to a hot computer. 8(
by habit i press power key to wake up, computer shuts down...
tried to change the options in the powermanager, no options for suspend, or anything other than; off, or screen blank.
typing sudo pm-suspend works fine.

I think i had this before, on mate-rc1/2?? but i can't even think about how i fixed it last time.

any ideas?

Unread post by **machinebacon** » Sat Jun 15, 2013 8:47 am

In doubt, consult the MATE forums - we get their stuff directly from their repos, and I don't alter anything.

http://forums.mate-desktop.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=334

Install a display manager (lightdm, be careful though) and the problem shall be fixed.

Unread post by **wuxmedia** » Sat Jun 15, 2013 12:08 pm

i did, i clocked that thread, and your right that's how it was resolved last time.
but tbh i was lazy and didn't actually read it. also i wasn't too keen on a displaymanager.
oh well it is a DE not a barebones.
Thanks

Unread post by **machinebacon** » Sat Jun 15, 2013 12:34 pm

Hmmm, last time (RC1/2) had LightDM installed, maybe you spun a Boner/Virgin plus MATE repos? I do remember that last time the desktop-settings tool caused 100% CPU, admittedly a bug in MATE and apparently fixed. Maybe you had that app open before, it hogged the CPU, then you closed the lid...

Can you reproduce (if you haven't yet installed a DM) the problem: log in to MATE, open htop, check lm_sensors (if installed), then close the lid, open it after a minute and check the lm_sensors and htop?

I removed LightDM from the recent releases because of some serious bugs in the greeter, please check the Upgrade Warnings for instuctions on how to get it to work safely.

Unread post by **wuxmedia** » Sat Jun 15, 2013 1:05 pm

oh - i like theres no Display Manager.
i'm not that much of a spinner! just the bacon magic for complex stuff.

it's not that it's impeded running - it isn't an option...

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lm-sensors wasn't installed i installed it, not much different. I haven't actually touched many apps, just screensaver poweman and iceweasel mostly.
i'll have a look at the RC to see whats different.

Unread post by **wuxmedia** » Sat Jun 15, 2013 1:16 pm

i went fot the bloat and installed GDM3, everythings better now.

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Unread post by **machinebacon** » Sat Jun 15, 2013 1:42 pm

Ah here we go! Alright, so it is definitely depending on a DM - though it would be great to see which DMs support this! gdm3 is a bit over the top, isnt it ;)

Unread post by **wuxmedia** » Sat Jun 15, 2013 2:07 pm

gdm3 is indeed a bit OTT.
so which is the mate one? mate-sessions-manager? seems to be already installed.
so could i update-alternatives it or...??
lightDMs getting a bit borked.
qingys shit. suppose theres always, slim 8)

Unread post by **machinebacon** » Sat Jun 15, 2013 6:37 pm

There's xdm, the good-old one. Don't know if it does what we want, tho'

Unread post by **wuxmedia** » Sun Jun 16, 2013 8:50 am

^ xdm does not seem to, i tried it on XFCE, because i have the same issue there.
its light! but seems not to have any effect on suspend, so I installed Slim and that worked right away.
(i had to install xfce4-power-manager too.)
there was a script floating around %@ for a pm-suspend on lid close.

Unread post by **machinebacon** » Sun Jun 16, 2013 5:32 pm

MATE is using some gdm (gtk2-version) fork, I think (!) it's only in their launchpad/ppa. Well, then we have them all covered (no, no kdm this time)
Seems there's really need for a normal display manager that doesn't suck.

Unread post by **wuxmedia** » Sun Jun 16, 2013 6:34 pm

well, personally the DM is unnecessary - now that i understand a bit about xinit, xwhatever seems pointless (apart from suspend on lid close, obviously)
I always thought SLi/\/\ was OK, never ate my music. 8p
very jazzy theme, blue bubble deb default 8(

Unread post by **machinebacon** » Sun Jun 16, 2013 6:39 pm

Better than spacefun.

If you want to dig deeper into console-kit, power-manager, polkit, dbus, and all that crappy freedesktop stuff: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-85 ... ricks.html (yes yes I know it's gentoo, but the points raised are quite interesting -- remember, the MATE Base is completely stripped off, there's no consolekit, and no udisks and upower, IIRC!)

Good night :D

Unread post by **wuxmedia** » Sun Jun 16, 2013 7:03 pm

oh i ain't messing with that now. try it on Boner then go from there.
night!

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