suspend/hibernate support in xfce4-session

[Ali Abdallah]

jp.guillemin wrote:
> Ali Abdallah wrote:
>> jp.guillemin wrote:
>>   
>>> looking into the code, I found that the mod uses HAL to suspend (this 
>>> idea seams strange, it would be simpler to provide a configuration 
>>> file to specify the scripts location) .
>>>
>>> So the question is : how do I tell to HAL to use a suspend script ? 
>>> (using default scripts provided by hal, or whatever, will usually 
>>> fail, and I have written suspend scripts that work in 98% of the cases 
>>> including laptops, so I must use them).
>>>
>>> I want to test, but without any information about this feature, it's 
>>> not easy.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> JP
>>>     
>>
>> You can always add the call to your script, usually in 
>> /usr/lib/hal/scripts/YourOS/hal-system-..., i use uswsusp to do 
>> suspend/hibernate and i had to edit the too HAL scripts, be careful 
>> about the exit code, HAL uses this to identify errors.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ali.
>>   
>
> OK, it works, but there's a problem : the xfce-mixer.
>
> With many sound cards all applications using the sound device must be 
> closed before suspending, else the driver is broken on resume.
>
> My xfce hibernate script does something like  :
>
> /usr/bin/xfce4-panel --exit
>  ** call suspend script **
> /usr/bin/xfce4-panel &
>
> It usually work very well out of the session logout dialog, but not in 
> the current case.
>
> JP
>
>
Yes because those calls are with uid=0 (root), and you have the panel 
open for the current user. you could try the user space software 
suspend, it's really great.


Regards,
Ali.