mageia won't suspend anymore

[made_in_womb]

Hi ,

Mageia stoped suspending .It's set to suspend in 15 minutes of inactivity.But now it never suspends . It was working fine, now it isn't .

Mageia 4
Geforce GT 640
NVIDIA Driver Version: 331.49

An ideas what may be preventing the system from suspending? . I can start up the system from fresh ,leave nothing running ,i.e - open no programs and still the system will not suspend .

Help please fellow Mageians

[mika]

Hi, made_in_womb.

Have you updated your system recently?
When I upgraded to the latest kernel (3.12.13-desktop-2.mga4), display brightness control stopped working.
So for now I use an older version (3.12.9-desktop-1.mga4) and it works like a charm.
I hope this helps.

regards, Mika

[doktor5000]

What desktop environment do you use?
What happens if you run as root

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systemctl suspend

[made_in_womb]

Hi Guys ,

I'm running Gnome desktop enviroment - system up to date .

If I run the

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systemctl suspend

this system suspends and also resumes as it should .

As a side note, why isn't the option for a susupend included when you click the power off icon (on the dektop screen ) .I now just get a power off or restart option .

[rihoem]

Does this also happens with another user? Maybe there is a "bug" on your gnome settings, and the time to suspend is not being used. Try configuring this option to another user to see if the problem persists.

[mika]

As a side note, why isn't the option for a susupend included when you click the power off icon (on the dektop screen ) .I now just get a power off or restart option .

Gnome Shell has hidden features that are displayed by holding the ALT key.
The GNOME web site has a helpful outdated cheat sheet explaining these features.
https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/CheatSheet

[made_in_womb]

Thanks for the gnome wiki .

The system does not suspend when I log in as another user !

[doktor5000]

Does it work when you use another desktop environment? Currently the problem seems with gnome or gnome-power-manager or whatever that thing is called.

[made_in_womb]

First time I logged in to KDE desktop . The system gave a message " can not suspend whilst other user is logged in" .After a restart KDE did suspend the dektop .BUT when I log in as another users and then logout again .Then log back in as a different user to KDE desktop it gives the same can't suspend because of another user logged in message (even though I logged out !) .

So KDE does suspend provided no other user has logged into the system, at any time after a restart .

As a note, I did notice that Gnome did give a system suspend message in the tray ,but never actually suspends .

Is there a system log somewhere or a program that can record one so as to give an indication why the system is'nt suspending ?.I've looked at the view and search system logs tool via the control panel , but it's all totally blank !.