Hibernate question

[roly33]

Is it possible to put a Laptop in Hibernate or not, as on my 13.04 Pre-Release system the Hibernate option is in Power settings but it's grayed out?

Roland

[Gwaro]

Well I did this to my Ubuntu 12.04 box and it worked (I haven't tried 13.04 yet):

Check whether your machine supports hibernation

sudo pm-hibernate

If the hibernate test works, you can continue to use the sudo pm-hibernate command when you want to hibernate.

You can also enable the hibernate option in the menus. To do that, use your favorite text editor to create /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/com.ubuntu.enable-hibernate.pkla
Add the following to the file and save:

[Re-enable hibernate by default]
Identity=unix-user:*
Action=org.freedesktop.upower.hibernate
ResultActive=yes

[roly33]

Well I did this to my Ubuntu 12.04 box and it worked (I haven't tried 13.04 yet):

Check whether your machine supports hibernation

sudo pm-hibernate

If the hibernate test works, you can continue to use the sudo pm-hibernate command when you want to hibernate.

You can also enable the hibernate option in the menus. To do that, use your favorite text editor to create /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/com.ubuntu.enable-hibernate.pkla
Add the following to the file and save:

[Re-enable hibernate by default]
Identity=unix-user:*
Action=org.freedesktop.upower.hibernate
ResultActive=yes

I've created the file, but when I try to save I get a Permission error.

Screenshot from 2013-03-24 14:17:13.jpg

Roland

[Gwaro]

You need root privilages to create the file.

sudo gedit /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/com.ubuntu.enable-hibernate.pkla

[roly33]

You need root privilages to create the file.

sudo gedit /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/com.ubuntu.enable-hibernate.pkla

That worked thanks.

Roland

[Gwaro]

That worked thanks.

Roland

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