Put to sleep from locked screen

[kwazy]

Hi,

I have configured power button and close lid to put my laptop to sleep. But when screen is locked both them are ignored. Currently I have to unlock the screen to be able to put to sleep again.

Is it possible to change some setting so I can put to sleep directly from locked screen without typing in the password?

Thanks

[Cosmo.]

You can try this:

From the lock screen go directly to the login window. There is an icon at the top right, where you can reach several actions, one of them is to suspend. (Not tested)

[kwazy]

There is an icon at the right top, like a message bubble with a number and exclamation mark. But when I click it - nothing happens

[Cosmo.]

Do we speak about the same icon? It should look similar to this (but not colored). A classical power off icon, as it also gets used on the power button of some devices (e. g. my laptop has ot on the power button).

[kwazy]

No, there is no such icon. All I see is that message bubble, unlock and switch user:

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[Cosmo.]

What you show is the lock screen, not the login window. You can reach the login window by clicking the icon, which is to be seen in your second picture at the top most right.

BTW: The message bubble with the number is an indicator, how many messages from the system or the one or other program had been collected. Out of privacy reasons they can only be read inside of the logged in desktop. You will find in the panel a similar icon, which you can click to read the messages.

[kwazy]

Ok, now I see which button you are talking about. This button is called "Switch user'. When I click it it takes about 5 seconds to load the login screen, where I can click another icon and select Suspend. So totally: click + 5 sec + 2 clicks. Pretty much the same as to type in my password and then press hardware Power button

What I'm looking for is a hack to be able to put to sleep using the hardware power button. So I can do it instantly without typing or clicking anything. It is already configured and works fine, but not on the lock screen. There is some software interrupt here which discards Power button event. Since it is software - I want to disable this interrupt

Would be great if someone can point which area I need to hack or recompile to make the Power button work on the lock screen

[kwazy]

Resolved in Linux Mint 19.1