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I found some differences between running pm-suspend and clicking "Suspend" menu item in LXDE on Ubuntu 16.04

  1. In both cases I can wake up Ubuntu by pushing the power button on my laptop, but in the way by "Suspend" menu item in LXDE, I have to provide my password to unlock the screen, while in the way by pm-suspend (and bypm-hibernate or pm-suspend-hybrid), I don't need to.

  2. According to this question How do I run commands on suspend/return from suspend? | Super User, scripts under /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/ and /etc/pm/sleep.d/ are supposed to be executed upon suspension/hibernation and resuming/thawing. But it is true only when I run pm-suspend (orpm-hibernate or pm-suspend-hybrid), and false when I click "Suspend" menu item in LXDE.

I used to use Gnome, and I remember it was the same as in LXDE, except Gnome might have hibernate option besides suspend.

I wonder why there are the differences between suspension by the DEs and by pm-utils?

Can pm-suspend be used in a way so that resume requires password to unlock the screen?

Can "suspend" menu item in LXDE be used in a way so that the scripts in /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/ and /etc/pm/sleep.d/ are executed upon suspension/hibernation and resuming/thawing?

Thanks.

Tim
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  • Like you mentioned in your comment on https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/485056/281844, this might be the difference between pm-suspend and systemctl suspend... Can you try if when you run systemctl suspend everything works as expected? (i.e. screen gets locked and requires password to unlock?) You can inspect the systemd hook directory (/usr/lib/systemd/sleep/) to see if it's populated with hooks but even better look if there are any inhibitors in place with systemd-inhibit --list to check. – filbranden Nov 30 '18 at 03:39
  • @FilipeBrandenburger Thanks. I appreciate if you could consider https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/485593/why-is-my-script-not-executed-when-waking-up-from-systemd-suspension – Tim Dec 03 '18 at 00:41

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