How to make GNOME 3 use suspend-hybrid?

Question

How can I make GNOME 3 use pm-suspend-hybrid instead of pm-suspend when closing the lid or using suspend from the menu?

Answer 1

Be sure it works

First of all you need to be sure pm-suspend-hybrid works on your computer. Type

sudo pm-suspend-hybrid

in console and notice if it works as expected.

Hacking

It is more the hack than a solution. But it works for me.

Execute the following commands in the console:

ls -l /usr/sbin/pm-suspend  # it should be symlink to /usr/lib/pm-utils/bin/pm-action
sudo rm /usr/sbin/pm-suspend  # just remove this link
sudo editor /usr/sbin/pm-suspend  # create new file instead of symlink

Contents of the new pm-suspend script:

#!/bin/bash
pm-suspend-hybrid
# notice that you need to execute "pm-suspend-hybrid"
# just changing symlink is not enough

Than give execution rights to this new script:

sudo chmod +x /usr/sbin/pm-suspend

Enjoy!

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Notes

• If your distribution does not use sudo command you need to be root to execute these commands.
• It is possible that pm-suspend is located at another path on your system. Just type whereis pm-suspend to find correct path.
• You may use any text editor of your choice instead of editor if you want or if your distribution does not have this wrapper.