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Re:Do not leave XPS laptop in any sleep/hibernate/standby mo... by rathboma on Friday September 24, 2021 @03:06PM (#28646564)
Typically linux users (like myself) enable S3 sleep mode, which does exactly what most folks expect it to (sleep until a user action is taken). It's rock solid and I've never had a problem with it in ~8 years.
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Re:Do not leave XPS laptop in any sleep/hibernate/standby mo... by nobleach on Friday September 24, 2021 @03:24PM (#28646738)
While there is a BIOS hack to supposedly do that on an XPS 9500/9510, I've yet to see anyone get it to work. I am typing this comment on a 9500 that is mostly great with Linux. Its battery life is subpar though. I'm limited to S2 Idle or deep sleep.
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Re:Do not leave XPS laptop in any sleep/hibernate/standby mo... by Scarbutt on Friday September 24, 2021 @04:54PM (#28647688)
Yes that part works, the issue is when you wake up the laptop, half the system is broken.
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Re:Do not leave XPS laptop in any sleep/hibernate/standby mo... by heavyset_go on Friday September 24, 2021 @07:09PM (#28648804)
Sleep and wake up have worked flawlessly for me across many machines over the years.
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Re:Do not leave XPS laptop in any sleep/hibernate/standby mo... by wutbrodo on Friday September 24, 2021 @10:46PM (#28650021)
What are you referring to in particular? I've never had anything be broken, in 15 years of exclusive Linux use.

Though I don't share the confidence half this thread has that my experiences are universal, so I'm curious what you're referring to that I've managed to avoid.

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