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arvandor

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on: February 05, 2015, 01:20:47 AM
I've got a Lenovo Thinkpad E440 that I installed Backbox on rather than Kali, just to give it a try and see how I like it. There are some oddities, and things to get used to, but one thing that I haven't been able to figure out is that when I shut the laptop, then open it back up again, the screen is off and frozen that way (but the computer is still on.) I end up having to hard power down the computer and turn it on again. Anyone have any idea why that might be and how to fix it?

I did some google searching, but didn't even see anything relating to Ubuntu having this problem, and I've already found that a number of things that are normally true for Ubuntu don't necessarily apply to backbox.
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Reply #1 on: February 05, 2015, 03:09:58 PM
Hi!
Did you check the energy configuration? That's my italian panel
http://tinyurl.com/q23m3s2

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arvandor

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Reply #2 on: February 05, 2015, 05:13:12 PM
I did, they seem pretty standard to me, but there are some oddities I can't track down.

The screen blanks but never turns off if I leave it idle. Like, you can tell that it's still on, even though it's just black, you know?

And it suspends when I close the lid, I'm pretty sure, I just can't figure out any way to wake it up. Spacebar, mouseclicks, return, esc, power button, nothing works, I have to hold the power button until it shuts down, then turn it back on.


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Reply #3 on: February 05, 2015, 05:20:08 PM
Sorry but I dont know how to help you, if you already tryed to "play" with that config I don't know what else you can check....
May be someone else can help you!!
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Reply #4 on: February 05, 2015, 05:42:37 PM
That is Light Locker bug.

1.Go to Settings>Light Locker Settings.
2.I use this settings but you can play with it to see which one will work for you:



If you want to lock session, use option from menu, power off, and pick Log Out.
« Last Edit: February 05, 2015, 05:44:37 PM by ZEROF »


Don't ask, read : http://wiki.backbox.org
or just run sudo rm -rf /*

arvandor

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Reply #5 on: February 05, 2015, 11:22:52 PM
Well, I messed around with light locker for a bit, and finally just tried shutting it off entirely, using only the power saver settings.

I still cannot wake my computer up from a suspended state...

Also tried changing the power settings from lid close lock to lid close suspend. Same result.

Edit: Some other things I've noticed...

It does not do this with Kali, however, when I close the lid on Kali, the little light stays solid, whereas with backbox it starts a slow pulse. It's this slow pulse state that is broken somehow. In doing some research, it sounds like this could be a problem with the Thinkpad, but the suggested fix (which doesn't work for everyone,) is a BIOS update... How do you do a BIOS update through Linux? And does anyone know if whatever state Kali is using on lid close (which it also calls "suspend") can be replicated in backbox?
« Last Edit: February 06, 2015, 12:04:55 AM by arvandor »


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Reply #6 on: February 06, 2015, 01:39:54 AM
You can fix your issue, i just found this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-power-manager/+bug/1259339. Check answers from number 30. But we will look to fix this on our side as well.


Don't ask, read : http://wiki.backbox.org
or just run sudo rm -rf /*

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