[arch-general] kde44beta - Arch needs to disable powerdevil suspend default -> very hard shutdown...

[David C. Rankin]

On 02/03/2010 11:44 AM, pyther wrote:
> On 02/03/2010 12:42 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
>> Devs,
>>
>>     I don't know whether this is something Arch can set or if it is
>> kde that sets
>> the powerdevil suspend default. We need to see if it is possible to
>> disable the
>> 'suspend' after 30 minutes on the first page of the powerdevil
>> settings because
>> many machines (mine included) do not suspend nicely and instead lock
>> up tight.
>>
>>     It took a while to find this issue on my x86_64 box, but after
>> setting the
>> default to 'Turn off Screen' instead of suspend, the lockups are gone.
>>
>>     When the suspend lockups occurred, my box locked so badly I had to
>> pull the
>> power-cord and drain the residual power by depressing the 'on' button
>> with the
>> cord out before the box would POST again. That's a serious lock....
>>
>>     If possible, we may want to try and disable this default even if
>> it is a kde
>> default because it has some pretty bad implications....
>>
>>
>>    
> I disagree, I believe this should be an upstream fix. There is an
> workaround to those that have problems.
> 

I'm 60/40 in favor of disabling it. Any feature that can damage a system (ext4
hard shutdown corruption) should be disabled by default thus requiring the user
to "pick his poison" rather than having it slipped into his glass.

You guys are the decision makers, I can just call'em like I see'em and pass the
info along. Either way, I know what poison to be on the lookout for now :p

The situation is a bit more acute with the current possibility of differing
power managers depending upon the history of the individual box. Just something
else to consider.

But, I'm really liking the beta release Arch put together. Best of any distros
beta I have had the opportunity to mess with by far!

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