[SOLVED] Suspend is missing from Menu

Granite · February 3, 2025, 4:20pm

When I hit the Super key the Menu is shown, then pressing the lowest icon in the bottom left corner Cancel, Restart, Shutdown are shown, there is no Suspend. How can I enable that?

My system info is under the Summary below.

Summary

System:
  Kernel: 6.12.10-arch1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1 clocksource: tsc
  Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.6 tk: GTK v: 3.24.48 wm: Muffin v: 6.4.1 with: albert vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: TongFang product: GX5MRXL v: Standard serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: TongFang model: GX5MRXL v: Standard serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 0001
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: N.1.10PCS05 date: 10/24/2024
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 92.3 Wh (93.0%) condition: 99.2/99.2 Wh (100.0%) volts: 17.0 min: 15.5
    model: standard type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: discharging cycles: 15
CPU:
  Info: 14-core (4-mt/10-st) model: Intel Core Ultra 5 125H bits: 64 type: MST AMCP smt: enabled
    arch: Meteor Lake rev: 4 cache: L1: 1.4 MiB L2: 14 MiB L3: 18 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1989 min/max: 400/4500:3600:2500 cores: 1: 1989 2: 1989 3: 1989 4: 1989
    5: 1989 6: 1989 7: 1989 8: 1989 9: 1989 10: 1989 11: 1989 12: 1989 13: 1989 14: 1989 15: 1989
    16: 1989 17: 1989 18: 1989 bogomips: 107856
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake-P [Intel Arc Graphics] vendor: AIstone Global driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Xe-LPG ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:7d55 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Kingcome FHD WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    bus-ID: 3-3:2 chip-ID: 2b7e:c858 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1600 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x423mm (26.65x16.65") s-diag: 798mm (31.43")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x0c85 res: mode: 2560x1600 hz: 120 scale: 100% (1)
    dpi: 198 size: 329x206mm (12.95x8.11") diag: 388mm (15.3") modes: 2560x1600
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris device: 1 drv: swrast gbm:
    drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.3.4-arch1.1 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Arc Graphics (MTL) device-ID: 8086:7d55
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake-P HD Audio vendor: AIstone Global driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7e28 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.10-arch1-1 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3
    chip-ID: 8086:7e40 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Motorcomm Micro. YT6801 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: AIstone Global driver: N/A pcie:
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 2d:00.0 chip-ID: 1f0a:6801 class-ID: 0200
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX211 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1
    bus-ID: 3-10:4 chip-ID: 8087:0033 class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: disabled rfk-block: hardware: no
    software: no address: N/A
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.95 GiB used: 28.02 GiB (5.9%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: MZVL2256HCHQ-00B00 size: 238.47 GiB speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: GXA7801Q temp: 27.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Samsung model: MZVL2256HCHQ-00B00 size: 238.47 GiB speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: GXA7801Q temp: 28.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 232.68 GiB used: 27.93 GiB (12.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 512 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 20 Gb/s lanes: 2 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-3:2 info: Kingcome FHD WebCam type: video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 5 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 2b7e:c858 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Hub-4: 3-5:3 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-10:4 info: Intel AX211 Bluetooth type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0033 class-ID: e001
  Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 20 Gb/s lanes: 2 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 4-2:2 info: Genesys Logic GL3523 Hub ports: 2 rev: 3.2 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 05e3:0620 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 895 pm: pacman pkgs: 872 pm: flatpak pkgs: 23
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.conf
    1: https: //mega.nz/linux/repo/Arch_Extra/$arch
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist
    1: https: //mirror.rznet.fr/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
    2: https: //repo.c48.uk/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
    3: https: //ftp.rz.tu-bs.de/pub/mirror/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
    4: https: //mirror.alpix.eu/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
    5: https: //mirror.moson.org/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
    6: https: //ftp.belnet.be/mirror/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
    7: https: //md.mirrors.hacktegic.com/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
    8: https: //mirrors.c0urier.net/linux/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
    9: https: //mirror.accum.se/mirror/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
    10: https: //mirror.nag.albony.in/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
    11: https: //mirror.archlinux.tw/EndeavourOS/repo/$repo/$arch
    12: https: //mirror.funami.tech/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
    13: https: //www.miraa.jp/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
    14: https: //mirror.sjtu.edu.cn/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
    15: https: //fastmirror.pp.ua/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
    16: https: //fosszone.csd.auth.gr/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
    17: https: //mirror.jingk.ai/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
    18: https: //mirrors.gigenet.com/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
    19: https: //mirrors.nxtgen.com/endeavouros-mirror/repo/$repo/$arch
    20: https: //mirrors.jlu.edu.cn/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
    21: https: //mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https: //london.mirror.pkgbuild.com/$repo/os/$arch
    2: https: //archlinux.uk.mirror.allworldit.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
    3: https: //gb.mirrors.cicku.me/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
    4: https: //mirror.netweaver.uk/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
    5: https: //repo.slithery.uk/$repo/os/$arch
    6: https: //repo.c48.uk/arch/$repo/os/$arch
    7: https: //www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch
    8: https: //mirror.st2projects.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
    9: https: //mirrors.xhosts.co.uk/arch/$repo/os/$arch
    10: https: //lon.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
    11: https: //mirror.vinehost.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
    12: https: //mirrors.ukfast.co.uk/sites/archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch
    13: https: //mirror.cov.ukservers.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 30.91 GiB used: 7.03 GiB (22.7%)
  Processes: 444 Power: uptime: 3h 42m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle wakeups: 3
    hibernate: platform Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
  Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1 Client: Cinnamon v: 6.4.6 inxi: 3.3.37

kwg · February 3, 2025, 8:59pm

I am hardly an expert on Cinnamon or Linux power management, but I’ll offer some ideas.

(Although not my primary computer, I do have one up-to-date installation of EndeavourOS Cinnamon on a 9-year-old computer, and I do see the Suspend button.)

You have a very powerful, modern system, so limited system resources and functionality are unlikely to be the cause of the problem.

What is the result of this command?

cat /sys/power/mem_sleep

On my system I see

s2idle [deep]

which, I think, means essentially the same thing as S3. In other words, I think, my BIOS has advertised to the OS that it supports the S3 power management mode, which includes support for these functionalities: Suspend (to RAM), Hibernate, and Hybrid Sleep.

What is the result of this command?

cat /etc/systemd/logind.conf | grep -i suspend

On my system I see

HandleSuspendKey=ignore
#HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=suspend
#SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=no

Nothing here prevents Suspend from being offered on my system.

I know nothing about TongFang motherboards, but I see in online screenshots that the TongFang BIOS may include a setting for “S3/Modern Standby Support.” If you change this setting and reboot, does the Suspend button appear?

anon26269396 · February 3, 2025, 9:05pm

I’m running Cinnamon and when I click on shutdown I get the choice of suspend.

eso · February 3, 2025, 10:28pm

@Granite
Try to enlarge your 512M swap partition or add a new 4GB swap and modify in fstab.

joekamprad · February 3, 2025, 10:55pm

sleep should work… hibernate needs a resume setup with a bigger swap (thats only one way to set it up)

Granite · February 4, 2025, 5:07am

I don’t use hibernate because I was told it is bad for SSDs. Is that correct?

Granite · February 4, 2025, 5:37am

I get the same output.

The output I get is this:

#SleepOperation=suspend-then-hibernate suspend
#HandleSuspendKey=suspend
#HandleSuspendKeyLongPress=hibernate
#HandleLidSwitch=suspend
#HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=suspend
#SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=no

The Suspend issue arose after an update I did on Sunday. Yesterday I noticed changes in the global settings, incl. the Power management.

So, should I uncomment any or all of the these lines, except the one for hibernate? Hibernation is bad for SSDs, I was told.

I am not sure about this. On my keyboard the F1 key in combination with the Fn key could also invoke Suspend, but not anymore after the update. I loved this because it was easy and Suspend happened virtually instantaneously. I would like to have it back.

The update I did this past Sunday caused this issue and should not have any influence on the BIOS setting. So, I don’t know what will happen by changing that BIOS setting?

Granite · February 4, 2025, 5:47am

Has your Cinnamon gone through the latest update?

thefrog · February 4, 2025, 6:57am

Just updated my Cinnamon and everything is showing up fine.

anon26269396 · February 4, 2025, 12:56pm

I’m fully updated and my shutdown screen looks like @thefrog with the Susoend in the menu.

Granite · February 4, 2025, 1:08pm

OK you guys, you got me worried now. But … you also got me thinking, isn’t that amazing?

Seriously, I have been wondering: how is this possible on a modern, powerful laptop? I did a restart after the update on Sunday, which did not change anything. So, after your comments that all is fine after the update, I decided to take more drastic action and shutdown the machine, give it 15 secs and fire her up again. And that did the trick!!

Suspend is there again in the menu, and the special keyboard key (F1+Fn) works again.

Many thanks to you both, as well as to @joekamprad, @kwg, @eso.

system · February 6, 2025, 2:18pm

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