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My laptop seems to be stuck in a low power mode
My asus vivobook was asleep. I tried to wake it up but before anything appeared on the screen I changed my mind and started to hard shut it off. While I was holding the power button I noticed the ...
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loginctl-hooks + slock not working as expected
I have openrc init system and I want to lock my loginctl session with slock on running loginctl suspend.
I am using the loginctl hooks for the purpose.
loginctl man page :
Hook directories
[/usr]/lib[...
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Stop Windows 11 from waking when plugging in/out
So I just bought a new asus vivobook and I noticed an issue, that it is perfectly fine if I close the lid to put it to sleep (either plugged in or out) , but whenever there is an event of either ...
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Incorrect reading of battery status after wake up (linux only)
My computer is a Thinkpad X1 Extreme Gen 2. OS is OpenSUSE Tumbleweed / Slowroll, dual boot system with Windows 11.
I am having this issue since around February. In Windows everything works fine, but ...
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Are there any ways to wake up Linux laptops with the closed lid from suspend?
Any suggestions for this question will be fairly appreciated.
We are trying to make an 'update date': scheduled wake-up and some commands (such as apt update && apt dist-upgrade) execution. ...
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Why does my laptop have high power consumption in sleep mode (10-80 watts)?
So I recently bought Asus ROG Strix G16 (2024) laptop but I noticed a high power consumption in sleep mode (10-80 watts).
It jumps periodically from 10 to 80 watts but it should only power RAM and ...
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How can I make my computer go into "sleep" mode when no apps are in use, without shutting down display
I want to save power consumption and preserve my components, without locking my screen and without shutting down the display. Basically just show the desktop but running with minimum power. It could ...
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Dell 3140 - Closing Lid does not put laptop Win 11 in Sleep Mode despite correct setting
I have Dell Latitude 3140 Notebook. It was recently purchased from Amazon US and hand carried to my country. So no warranty is possible now.
It has Windows 11 Pro OS on it. The BIOS, Graphics drivers &...
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Laptop sometimes keeps running when I close the lid and has black screen until I force shut it down and power it up again
I have a new MSI Katana GF66 12UCO running Windows 10 Home. When I close the lid, I have set that the laptop should hibernate (as opposed to sleep, because when attempting to sleep, the laptop never ...
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Can Windows machines wake as fast as Mac? [closed]
My wife is a Mac user and I am a Windows user. When my wife opens the lid of her 2017 Macbook, the computer is almost instantly awake and running, with everything useable on the desktop. Even at its ...
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Windows 11 Lenovo Laptop not sleeping when I close the lid
I have a Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3 that I bought new two months ago, and it is running Windows 11. I have no idea why, but starting a few days ago, whenever I close the lid of my laptop, it doesn't sleep. ...
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How can I get keyboard/mouse plugged into a USB-C hub monitor to wake laptop from sleep?
I purchased an HP laptop using Windows 11, and a USB hub monitor (Asus), and connected the laptop, mouse, and keyboard into the monitor.
It's working fine, except the only thing that will wake it from ...
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I can't wake up my HP laptop from sleep
I can't get my computer to wake up from sleep after it goes to sleep automatically (after a few minutes of inactivity). The power light indicates it's sleeping, but I can't wake it up with the mouse, ...
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How can I configure Windows 10 to shutdown AFTER a certain amount of time AFTER I close the lid?
I want to make it so after I close the lid:
First, the system goes to sleep
After 10 minutes, the system shuts down
Is this possible?
I saw this question, but it is for Windows 7 and I am asking for ...
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Why does lid close powercfg setting not work after switching users?
I think I had changed my powercfg settings so my laptop wouldn't sleep on lid close. Then I followed an answer here and changed them so lid close would sleep.
When I restarted my computer and logged ...
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