The point of my email is that what I did shouldn't become the default fix.
The desktop itself should be allowing this permission for the normal user
via policykit or some other such service.


On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 10:28 AM, William <[email protected]> wrote:

> Oops, I somehow missed that you are running e17, I am on 18.2. Initially
> my problem was that suspend was grayed out on the menu. So I did this:
>
> sudo chmod 4755 /usr/lib/enlightenment/utils/enlightenment_sys
>
> That made the options available but they didn't do anything. Despite the
> advice I was given, I had already written the wrapper for pm-suspend
> that runs as root. I'm happy enough with that. Although I might try what
> you did later on for fun.
>
>
>
> On 02/02/2014 08:56 AM, Jeff Hoogland wrote:
> > What I'm having isn't an issue with the sysactions.conf file - it is a
> > permissions issue with how E is allowing the normal user to access
> commands
> > listed within the sysactions.conf file.
> >
> > For instance - I've created a semi-extreme work around in that I've made
> it
> > so ANY user on my system can launch /etc/acpi/sleep.sh as root without a
> > password and I added "sudo" in front of it in the sysactions.conf file
> and
> > now my normal user can suspend the system fully as expected.
> >
> > Suspending as my normal user works as expected under LXDE though - so
> this
> > is an E17 issue with gaining the right permissions before running the
> > suspend command.
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 8:51 AM, William <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Same issue. I brought this up on the mailing list some time ago, this is
> >> what Raster had to say about it.
> >>
> >>> check /etc/enlightenment/sysactions.conf
> >>>
> >>> it's text. it's documented. this is a file you should modify to
> >> integrate e
> >>> into your system. thre packger should have done it - if they didn't...
> >> then you
> >>> have to. you may have to modify what command to use for suspend (or
> >> hibernate)
> >>> so it runs the right one on your os. this file also determines
> >> permissioning on
> >>> who can run what.
> >> Personally, I wasn't able to get anywhere with it and ended writing a
> >> wrapper in C for the command $sudo pm-suspend I call esuspend. That
> really
> >> is re-inventing the wheel though. I suppose I can  be lazy.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 02/02/2014 08:20 AM, Jeff Hoogland wrote:
> >>> I've come to the conclusion it is a permissions issue with however E17
> is
> >>> launching the suspend command.
> >>>
> >>> When I run the command listed in my sysactions.conf for suspend with
> sudo
> >>> the system suspends/unsuspends just fine:
> >>>
> >>> sudo /etc/acpi/sleep.sh force
> >>>
> >>> But when I select "suspend" from the power menu, the system never
> changes
> >>> it's notification light to show that it has gone into suspend mode - so
> >> it
> >>> isn't finishing properly.
> >>>
> >>> Any ideas what LXDE might be doing different to let me normal user
> >> suspend
> >>> the system fully?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 8:00 AM, Jeff Hoogland <[email protected]
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> So at first I thought it was an issue with my netbook, but then I
> >>>> installed LXDE and it works as expected.
> >>>>
> >>>> Basically when I suspend from E17 it refuses to come back out of
> >> suspend.
> >>>> Opening the laptop doesn't work, pressing keys doesn't work.
> >>>>
> >>>> The only thing it responds to is pressing the power button (which
> shuts
> >>>> the system down).
> >>>>
> >>>> Is there anything special I have to do to let E17 wake up my computer
> >>>> after it suspends?
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> ~Jeff Hoogland <http://jeffhoogland.com/>
> >>>> Thoughts on Technology <http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.com/>, Tech Blog
> >>>> Bodhi Linux <http://bodhilinux.com/>, Enlightenment for your Desktop
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
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