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Idea #21183: execute logout and hibernate in 1 click

Written by jerome.bouat the 25 Aug 09 at 10:10. Related project: Xubuntu. Status: New
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I'm using Xubuntu on a small and energy efficient host.

The startup time is too long.

However, I can't hibernate because the following user is possibly not me and would have to duplicate the X session for him/herself.

I would like:
1. to allow to hibernate from the XDM login screen
2. to allow in one click to logout to the XDM login screen and automatically hibernate just after the XDM login screen appeared.

When the following user is switching on the computer, it comes faster to the XDM login screen, without leaving unused X session from the previous user who hibernated the computer.
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Solution #1: provide hibernate function from X login screen
Written by jerome.bouat the 25 Aug 09 at 10:10.
1. allow to hibernate from the XDM login screen

2. allow in one click to logout to the XDM login screen and automatically hibernate just after the XDM login screen appeared.
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Solution #2: Provide checkbox "Logout before action" for hibernate and suspend
Written by mmarkk the 26 Sep 09 at 22:23.
Or, as a variant, add two new actions "Logout and hibernate", "Logout and suspend".

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cheesehead (Brainstorm admin) wrote on the 26 Aug 09 at 21:31
Is this a widespread need, or is this a specialized case?

Are there any particular roadblocks to simply doing this as a script?

Akerbos wrote on the 31 Aug 09 at 20:45
It takes my machine longer to come from hibernate than to boot normally and open the programs anew. Well, there is the obvious overhead, but the question is: is coming from hibernate to login screen _really_ faster than booting normally? Given the incredible boot time of even Ubuntu (sth around 20s on my low-end laptop), I doubt it.


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