severity 474637 important
thanks

aleksey wrote:
> Package: pm-utils
> Version: 0.99.2-3
> Severity: serious
> Justification: Policy 3.5
> 
> /usr/sbin/pm-suspend depends on /usr/bin/chvt in order to function 
> correctly.  (The functions take_suspend_lock and remove_suspend_lock in
> /usr/lib/pm-utils/functions are the particular culprits).  Without 
> console-tools installed, pm-suspend does not suspend the computer as 
> expected. 

chvt is not strictly necessary if you use uswusp, because s2ram does
it's own vt switching (uswsusp should be installed by default, as it's a
Recommends. That's why I'm downgrading to severity important).
I tested it on my laptop and suspend works just fine without chvt (using
uswusp myself).
Nonetheless adding a Depends on console-tools is probably a good thing
to do, because then we are on the safe side if people chose not to use
uswsusp.

Cheers,
Michael

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