Zorin OS freezes after Suspend (Possible Bluetooth Issue)

[StarTreker]

I've got the same issue, and I have reported this on the forum as well. I don't think suspend works well on Linux. If I let my system suspend, it will then freeze the system, and nothing I can do, will get my system to return, short of a forced shutoff, and startup.

I decided to choose a different approach, which has worked for me. It won't be what you want, but it will be better then nothing at all.

First and for-most, click logo bottom of screen, and then click on "Power." Set "Blank Screen" to never. Set "automatic suspend" to "when on battery power." You may want to set the "power button behavior" to "power" off for convenience as well.

Now run the following commands from my post here, to make sure Gnome power services are disabled, and to install XScreenSavers...

Screensaver in Zorin 16

CTRL ALT T to enter terminal Install Xscreensaver full suite... sudo apt-get install xscreensaver xscreensaver-gl-extra xscreensaver-data-extra Remove Gnome Screensaver... sudo apt-get remove gnome-screensaver To point the original lock command to Xscreensaver... sudo ln -s /usr/bin/xscreensaver-command /usr/bin/gnome-screensaver-command To make sure that the Xscreensaver daemon is loaded upon each start of the system, please do the following... (1) Click on Zorin icon bottom of …

Once you have done that, don't forget reboot your computer.

Then launch xscreensaver from your app list, and set your time to blank into the screensaver. Since getting a new monitor, I have set that lower to 30-minutes now. Keep the cycle minutes to 0, unless you want the app to cycle screensavers.

I prefer to manually choose a screensaver and keep it on the one I like, which is Flurry in the list. Make sure to put a checkmark in "Lock screen after" box. Best to set that to 1 minute after screensaver comes on, that gives you time to move the mouse, if you are still at your computer watching a movie, without needing to re-enter your password. But will still secure your system if you are not around.

So why is this a good alternative you ask? Because screensavers do what they were invented to do, save your screen from burn in. But it doesn't fully suspend or hibernate the system in order to do so, and that is why I like it. Plus screensavers always look cool on screen too.

If you want, double check your "Advanced" options, make sure that display power management is not enabled. I was testing it at the time I took the screenshot. Then when my system froze, I was reminded why I didn't use power management features on my notebook, cause its terrible. Don't enable the box!

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