[SOLVED] Suspend is missing from Menu

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?

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