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Troubleshooting a desktop that does not go into sleep mode/suspend

Hello all, for a few weeks/months now, my computer has stopped going into suspend mode. Here is what happens when putting it to sleep (using GNOME’s power menu) or using systemctl suspend:

  1. Display turns off, peripherals turn off (keyboard lights off etc), fans spin up before sleep as usual
  2. Fans go back to idle speed, computer stays on
  3. Have to press the keyboard, wake the display up and go in the power menu again to suspend it (from the lock screen), and it works every time like this.

I have no idea what could be preventing suspend and what I could find online did not really help a lot. I don’t think it is a USB device because I tried unplugging most of them except my mouse or my keyboard and it still did not work, and the second time on the lock screen it always suspends like intended


  • Distro: Fedora 40
  • DE: Gnome 46
  • GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1080Ti (Wayland)
  • CPU: Intel 10850K
  • MB: Gigabyte Z590 Gaming X (everything is up to date)

thx !

zelifcam ,
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I’d start with looking at what the logs say when the computer fails to sleep.

linuxhandbook.com/journalctl-command/

independantiste OP ,
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Running journalctl -r -u systemd-suspend.service does not suggest anything is wrong, just normal status messages. I will try to see if I need a BIOS update, maybe it’s really out of date.

GolfNovemberUniform ,
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Try switching to X11 first of all.

Telorand ,

Considering I can put my GTX 960M laptop into Sleep Mode while on a Wayland session, that’s not really a solution.

GolfNovemberUniform ,
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I mean Wayland issues are pretty random and may affect only specific systems.

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