Richmond <richm...@criptext.com> writes: > I was using MATE but I installed xfce. When I select the suspend button > a message appears saying suspend in 30 seconds. If I click suspend the > screen locks. If I wait the system does not suspend. If I log in again > an error message says suspend failed timeout reached. > > There seem to be conflicting settings available for example in power > management and in session management for lock before suspend. I tried > using slim instead of lightdm but this has removed the suspend options. > > What I want is for the system to suspend to ram if it is left > unattended, and to suspend to ram when I request it to do so, and in > both cases to lock the screen so that it is locked on return from > suspend. How do I do this with XFCE (4?) ?
I think I have fixed it. It was caused by the mate-screensaver dialog running.