Bug#735593: Bug#735591: gnome-shell: doesn't suspend on keyboard shortcut

[Andreas Cadhalpun]

Hi,

On 16.01.2014 19:08, Z wrote:
> This is a problem that only started in jessie testing with gnome 3.8, not in
> wheezy. The keyboard shortcut for suspend
> (fn+esc on my laptop) does not work, and instead locks the screen. It also
> doesn't suspend when closing the lid any-more, but I suspect this is a design
> feature.

This is no feature, but rather a missing dependency of 
gnome-settings-daemon on systemd-shim | systemd-sysv, see [1].
So you can either install systemd-shim or switch your init system to 
systemd, which can be achieved by installing systemd-sysv or adding the 
boot parameter 'init=/bin/systemd'.

> When I have done this and wish to suspend, I have to unlock the screen
> and do it manually through the menu, which does work. I found the same issue on
> someone else’s laptop (different manufacturer) running debian jessie,
> originally KDE, with gnome installed as well. It may be connected to a
> hibernating bug which I also found on both, and will file separately.

The hibernate issue [2] should also be fixed by this dependency.
If you want a suspend/hibernate in the gnome-menu, you can use the 
'Alternative status menu' extension from the package gnome-shell-extensions.

Michael, it would be great if you could add the appropriate dependency 
on systemd-shim | systemd-sysv to gnome-settings-daemon.

Best regards,
Andreas


1: http://bugs.debian.org/726763
2: http://bugs.debian.org/735593