[ltp] vlock + suspend to RAM fails

[FeRD]

Daniel Maier wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 11:30:52PM +0100, Felix E. Klee wrote:
>   
>>> I have to reload several modules
>>> and enable devices through PNP BIOS to make them work again.
>>>       
>> Why? What kind of devices are affected on what machine?
>>     
> T22. I currently reloading snd_cs46xx (sound) and nsc_ircc (irda),
> which I have to enable, too.
>   
Same here, and I have to eject all PCMCIA devices before I try and go 
into suspend since most of the drivers for the ones I use don't seem to 
do suspend/resume at all. (I could software-deactivate them, but it's 
easier to physically eject so that I can "just shove it back in" on 
resume. Assuming I want to use the card when the machine re-wakes.)
>>> You control what is done when suspending and waking up, so it should
>>> be enough to do the locking first after waking up.
>>>       
>> But it's a multitasking OS. :-) The script finishes off in the
>> background.  Of course, it may be secure nevertheless since "vlock"
>> should be the first program that the kernel gets instructed to execute
>> after the system is back from sleep.
>>     
> I think its kinda fast. I am locking my screen *after* resuming
> using xscreensaver, and I have never had enough time to kill it,
> even when theres high load. But you are right, it is not that clean.
>   
I'm paranoid, so I've always had my system lock on suspend. (It also 
auto-locks after a fairly few minutes of inactivity, so odds are it's 
already locked when I trigger the suspend via Fn-key combo.) Ever since 
I discovered
the magic of /usr/bin/xscreensaver-command, it's been pretty painless... 
I got annoyed at the fact that, when the machine RESUMED, I'd get a 
black screen and forget that the machine was ready for me to unlock and 
use it. So now, my /etc/hibernate.conf contains:

OnResume 20 /usr/bin/xscreensaver-command -display :0.0 -deactivate

...This causes xscreensaver to pop up its type-password-to-unlock box, 
instead of just sitting there with a black screen, mocking me. (...It 
mocks me, you see.)

-FeRD