On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Darac Marjal <mailingl...@darac.org.uk> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 09:50:18AM -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote: >> Hello: >> >> To hibernate, I use 'sudo pm-hibernate' (because the hibernate button >> on my Xfce power manager tells me 'Sleep verb not supported'). I >> thought hibernate mode was not supposed to use any power, but after 4 >> days, my laptop was powerless (it wasn't when I hibernated). > > It should. Hibernate and Off should use almost the same amount of power > (there might be a trickle of usage for monitoring the lid opening). >
I Googled the 'sleep verb not supported' and found that at least one person experienced the same problem when Chrome was open with a bunch of open tabs, which is _always_ the case on my laptop. I closed Chrome, and the hibernate button worked. I'll see when next I open that laptop whether hibernate really worked this time. (Could it be Chrome that was draining power even when the machine was hibernated?) >> Any thoughts about how to diagnose what's going on? (It's also >> painfully slow to get back up to speed coming out of hibernation, but >> that's another story.) > > First off, see if you have any lights on on the machine while it's > hibernated. If there is a sleep light, or if the power light "pulses", > for example, then the machine hasn't hibernated. No lights were on or blinking. It _looks_ to be shut down. > Next, see if your system is configured for "hybrid sleep". Hybrid Sleep > is like sleep, but the system is additionally saved to disk. That way, > if the battery dies, a resume-from-hibernation can be performed. Check > /etc/systemd/login.conf in case any of the Handle* options are set to > hybrid-sleep. The options in logind.conf (which I take it you meant) were all commented out, and none defaults to hybrid sleep. Thanks for your insights. Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cajvvksormcezcuzjcacknahxdlfnajax5_d2jqfvb-ocjjv...@mail.gmail.com
