[SOLVED] No suspend/hibernate

[jerome]

I've installed the basic Xfce package (14.1 32 bit) on a netbook and have added xfce4-power-manager but there are no options on the logout window for suspend/hibernate. How do I configure this or do I need to install another package?

Running the power manager in debug mode reveals that suspend/hibernate are not authorized, but which file do I need to edit to authorize them?

Doing "pm-suspend" as root works ok.

Thanks for any help.

[ChuangTzu]

Hi Jerome,

Are suspend and hibernate checked (right click on logout icon, then properties )?

Also make sure you have the Xfce session manager installed.

[jerome]

Hi ChuangTzu,

Yes the session manager is installed. When I check suspend in the action buttons dialog an icon appears on the panel but it has no effect (greyed out).
Not to worry, I should probably post in the xfce forum because this isn't really a Salix issue. Thanks anyway.

[ChuangTzu]

Do you have "user-settings-xfce" installed?

[jerome]

Yes that's installed.

[jerome]

Update: The problem was fixed by installing upower.

[ChuangTzu]

great that makes sense.

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