On 11.10.2012 21:51, Richard Genoud wrote:
> Package: pm-utils
> Version: 1.4.1-9
> Severity: grave
> Justification: causes non-serious data loss
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> here is the situation:
> running debian sid;
> if from a console (ctrl-atl-F1) I run pm-hibernate, all works as expected
> (image is written to swap, computers shuts down, and on switch on, the image 
> is
> loaded etc... )
> BUT, if I run pm-hibernate from a gnome-terminal (su root), (from xmonad if
> that matters), the screen doesn't switch off and has colorfull junk.
> In this case, the system isn't totally off, because if I push the power off
> button, it swiches off properly (meaning the screen is still giberish but the
> kernel is still responding to the acpi off command), and when I start it up, 
> it
> starts from the beginning => pm-hibernate did not work )
> I *seems* that it's video related, so here's some infos about the video card /
> xorg:

Does it work if you run (as root)
echo "mem" > /sys/power/state



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