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Lynob
Asked: 2014-05-08 10:00:55 +0800 CST

Xubuntu 14.04: how to enable hibernate?

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I'm using Xubuntu 14.04 64 bit. I know that question been asked a billion times, but all of them consist of editing following file:

/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/com.ubuntu.enable-hibernate.pkla

That file does not exist on my system. I tried com.xubuntu.enable-hibernate.pkla but doesn't exist either, locate command doesn't find it.

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

    sudo nano /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d/com.ubuntu.desktop.pkla

    Look for 

    [Disable hibernate by default in upower]
[Disable hibernate by default in logind]

    Change the value of "ResultActive=no" to "ResultActive=yes" in both, press ctrl+x to exit the file. It will ask to save the change or not. Press Y to save the change, if you're on Ubuntu restart your system.

    Edit

    Just tried this on Xubuntu 16.04, and Ubuntu 16.04. and it also works.

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    For Ubuntu 16.04 I had to reboot for it to work.

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  2. For a novice like me, I would like to add:

    "Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

    sudo nano /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d/com.ubuntu.desktop.pkla

    Look for

    [Disable hibernate by default in upower] [Disable hibernate by default in logind]

    Change the value of "ResultActive=no" to "ResultActive=yes" in both, and then restart your system."

    .....before restarting the system, you should press ctrl+x to exit the file. Then it will ask for Yes or No to save the change. If you don't save the change, it will not work. I am using ChaletOS which is based on Xubuntu. It doesn't need a restart.

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