MX Linux Forum

@b3ta Thanks for the info.

So, start MX Boot Options and in the kernel parameters add the following ( space first if there are other entries )


acpi=off


click apply and then reboot. I believe that will do what your after (ie turning off acpi ) and you should be able to run that in both sysvinit and systemd


That ...

Please post your QSI. ( MX Menu, Quick System Info, Copy for Forum, Paste here )


Apologies, here it is, but, please note that I have booted into Systemd:

System:
Kernel: 6.1.0-31-amd64 [6.1.128-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-31 ...

I'm running 23.5 on a Macbook Air and have problems with the system immediately waking from Suspend. Seems that this is a known problem and is due to some issues around the lid sensing in ACPI.

Here's an example, there are plenty more:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/66rwng/here_is_a ...

Thanks for the reply above, my SWAP files were actually working, but the problem seems to be related to ACPI /LID0
Although it is shown in the Quick System Info, I did not mention in plain text that I'm using a MacBook Air where 'instant resume from suspend' is not a new problem on Macs running ...

I have created separate root (/) & home (/home) partitions on a 1TB SSD, the /home was encrypted during installation.
I created a 10GB swap file on the root partition during installation.
I created a separate root partition and left it un-encrypted so that the swap file would not be encrypted in ...

According to the Help online. If I untick the Automatically Save Session, I should get asked if I want to save the session when I shutdown / logout via the power button, but that does not happen.

OK, I found the settings under 'Session & Startup' but the prompt does not appear on the shutdown / reboot menu although the box is ticked in the logout settings. After checking a couple of times, the applications that I had open are restarting, just no prompt on the shutdown / reboot / logout menu ...

I've just installed MX on a different device (MacBook Air 2013), everything seems OK but the tick box to save the session settings on the menu you get when pressing the power button is missing. I've been so used to it being there that I've forgotten how to set it up.

System:
Kernel: 6.1.0-30 ...

This should shed some light on the problem you are facing. From the Arch Linux site:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/HP_EliteBook_840_G1

Note:
-- by all accounts, this is a bios from hell
-- you might need to set up an administrator's password in order to gain access to the needed controls ...