Can a Chromebook be configured to automatically lock the screen when I close the lid? There is a discussion in If someone steals my chromebook while it’s off, will him be able to see my cached data? about the security of user data for a Chromebook which has been shutdown, but I am trying to … Read more
Is there any way to automatically run a script on suspend/resume (i.e. when I close the lid, or after opening it) under Mac OS X 10.4? Answer Maybe try Sleepwatcher. Can’t vouch for it, but found it after following Kevin’s tips: SleepWatcher 2.0.5 (now compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard”) is a command line … Read more
Just freeze an application (suspend the CPU, save its state to disk) and ‘defrost’ it when I want to use it 4 weeks later. Answer Many people would wish for this, including myself. Alas, no. This operation does not exist, and cannot exist. Think for example about freezing an application that had an open file … Read more
What command suspends an appropriately configured Arch Linux system? User story: It’s now or never. I’m on the run. I don’t have time to read ArchWiki/Power_management/Suspend_and_hibernate but I want to be energy-efficient. How do I suspend Arch Linux before I miss my appointment? Note: This question exists because Arch Wiki isn’t straightforward the way StackExchange … Read more
I’m on Ubuntu 13.04 using full disk encryption (LVM on top of LUKS). I would like to incorporate luksSuspend into the suspend procedure (and later use luksResume) so that I can suspend to RAM without leaving key material on memory and the root unlocked. I’ve been trying for the last 7 hours to port a … Read more
We are often cautioned against unplugging USB drives in case it is currently being read from or written to. When a computer is suspended, hibernated, or asleep is it obviously not writing any data; it may have been in the middle of a read/write, however, it will have put such an operation on hold. Since … Read more
