[nmglug] Hibernate failure

[Paul]

Are you running XFCE? Are you running systemd?

This may help:

https://superuser.com/questions/1536856/xfdesktop-error-after-inactivity-none-of-the-screen-lock-tools-ran-successfully

On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 9:02 PM LeRoy Diener <leroy at choosetherightside.com>
wrote:

> Hi NMGLUG folks,
>
> I'm having an issue recently that I hope I can get help with.
> It's on my Debian 11 system, updated.
> Recently, I've had problems when I leave the laptop overnight.
> When I stop, I click on Logout > Suspend, then the screen goes black and I
> close the lid. I expect that when I open the lid in the morning and enter
> my password, I should be back where I left off.
>
> When I've done this recently, it works sometimes.
> Other times, it crashes after the batteries run out of power in the middle
> of the night.
> Other times, it works, but I see a message in the morning "None of the
> screen lock tools ran successfully, the screen will not be locked. Do you
> still want to suspend the system?"
> Other times, it works, but I see a message in the morning "Authentication
> is required to hibernate the system."
>
> I have a setting in Power Manager to hibernate when inactive for one hour,
> so that's what I'm focusing on now.
> I found some helpful info in this link
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/543921/authentication-required-before-suspend
> I found the file /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.login1.policy
> In that file, I found this segment:
> <action id="org.freedesktop.login1.hibernate">
> <description gettext-domain="systemd">Hibernate the system</description>
> <message gettext-domain="systemd">Authentication is required to hibernate
> the system.</message>
> <defaults>
> <allow_any>auth_admin_keep</allow_any>
> <allow_inactive>auth_admin_keep</allow_inactive>
> <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
> </defaults>
> </action>
>
> Other info:
> I usually have the laptop plugged into an external monitor, and I usually
> have the power strip (which powers the external monitor and laptop) turned
> off overnight.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> LeRoy
>
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