On 07/13/2011 09:23 AM Mogens Kjaer wrote:
On 07/13/2011 03:17 PM, Silviu Adrian Joian wrote:
Probably the video driver is not working as it should, I have the same problem after installing the vendors proprietary drivers on my laptop.
It's standard Intel graphics on my laptop, no proprietary drivers.
Mogens
Yes, in fact you already said in your OP that suspend works from the menu, so obviously the problem's not with the driver.
I had this same problem years ago and there was an easy fix. It was so long ago and the solution came to me so quickly, that today I can't remember exactly what I did. Generally though, I used some utility or application which binds a key to an action. To designate the key, I just had to press that key. (In linux, everything on the keyboard is a key, even the little stem that normally would hit the switch and invoke suspend. It's a key in the same way that 'a' and '$' are keys.) So after designating the key-- by pressing it-- I entered the command for suspend (which I had to search down).
Try looking at Foot -> System -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts (in Gnome). There's a "Sleep" item there that maybe can be configured to fix the problem.
hth, ken