Re: DefinitionS sleep/suspend/hibernate/etc - was [Re: help: disable all manner of sleep/suspend/hibernate - Debian 12]

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net>]

On 11/22/24 5:33 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 04:26:05AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > On 11/22/24 12:57 AM, Michael Paoli wrote:
> >
> > I recently jumped from Debian 9(w/MATE) - 12(w/MATE) in one step.
> > My Debian 9 settings can be traced back to Debian 6(w/Gnome).
> > I don't recall what settings I ended up with.
> > But I know what I have now is annoying.
>
> Don't do that: there is no straightforward way to do this and the only
> way that is vaguely supported is to update from 9 -> 10 -> 11 -> 12.
>
> It is very likely that no-one can suport you unless they've done what
> you have.
>
> > Michael mentioned https://wiki.debian.org/Suspend and I found
> > https://wiki.debian.org/Hibernation .
> >
> > I, and other inexperienced users, need proper definitions of
> > sleep/suspend/hibernate/etc to use those pages and solutions to be described
> > here.

You misinterpreted my post.

I meant to convey that I have been using Debian since release 6.
I liked my experience with Debian 9.

I now have a machine with a clean initial install of Debian 12.
I'm not happy with it's configuration.
To find answers and pose intelligent questions I need to know 
definitions of sleep/suspend/hibernate/etc as used in the Debian 
sub-culture.