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Install Nvidia dual-graphics driver on Loki?

I don't have dual graphics, but I do have a Haswell based machine with a GTX 960. I installed the release version of Loki and had slow, stuttering Nouveau graphics even though I had selected to ...
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Multiple password prompts on resume from sleep: "Authentication is required to refresh system sources"

Update: Should be fixed in the AppCenter 1.2 update, but try the following if it persists: I haven't had this issue since I disabled the AppCenter from running in the background. To kill AppCenter ...
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Multiple password prompts on resume from sleep: "Authentication is required to refresh system sources"

Its a bug, already reported: https://bugs.launchpad.net/appcenter/+bug/1617687 Im also affected, hope it will get fixed soon.
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Power Setting doesnt work

Got exactly the same issue on Juno stable, and found the solution here: https://superuser.com/a/1315412 The problem basically comes down to the fact that the power settings are not propagated to the '...
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Multiple password prompts on resume from sleep: "Authentication is required to refresh system sources"

Removing the App Center works for me. sudo apt purge appcenter You can always reinstall it later; after the problems are addressed maybe :).
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How do I permanently disable suspend and hibernate modes on Elementary OS 5 "Juno" 64 bit?

Open up the terminal and type this in and your password: sudo systemctl mask sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target hybrid-sleep.target Change your directory to /etc/default. Type in these ...
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how can i disable sleep mode when i turn off pc monitor (close notebook)

Go to 'System Settings' Select 'Power' Unlock administrator rights Look down and you'll see "When lid is closed:" Choose from menu to the right "Do nothing"
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Lock screen not working

remove disable-light-locker package from the system.
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How to prevent sleep/suspend while streaming music and videos

This issue is more on lightdm, I've already explained this before so I won't explain further and rather I'll just put steps here, This problem is because the power settings are used from the gconf ...
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Black screen when try to lock screen

I had a similar issue, but instead a black screen, it hanged for a while and displayed almost all the frame as a corrupted image, all except the text box and buttons. So I believe this is a GPU ...
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Suspend from shortcut

The command working on freya is: dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.login1 /org/freedesktop/login1 "org.freedesktop.login1.Manager.Suspend" boolean:true The pmi action suspend ...
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Automatic Suspend When Idle Doesn't Work (Sleep When Inactive After ..)

My work around, or un-elegant fix is thus. Uncommenting both lines in logind.conf and changing IdleAction=ignore -to- #IdleAction=sleep, setting IdleActionSec=30min to whatever time I desire, I did =...
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Empty window popping up after resume from suspend

This is not a bug. It just checks if there is internet connection. After a while it should print a text 'You are now connected to the internet blah blah blah...'. :) It's just an information for you....
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Can I get bluetooth devices to remain after suspend/resume and/or reboot

To enable bluetooth on every startup you need to add your custom command in etc/rc.local Open terminal and type sudo nano /etc/rc.local Now add the following line before exit 0 rfkill unblock ...
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multitasking view problem after suspend

Same problem with me, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050, using the latest 384.98 Nvidia Driver. The problem disappears if I switch the driver to use the "Power Saving Mode" which disables the Nvidia GPU and ...
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power button shutdown instead of suspend on login screen

I believe this to be a solution for what you're wanting to do: Open a Files window as admin by right clicking Files and selecting "New Window as Administrator. Navigate in the File System to /etc/...
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How to prevent computer from sleeping or suspending

Figured this out. The settings in System Settings->Power don't seem to make any difference, at least on my particular BIOS or motherboard or whatever. However, this command will fix the problem and ...
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Screen corruption after suspend

Have the same issue on Dell XPS 15 even with much newer Nvidia Driver, as workaround switched to Inter Graphic card. Only on Inter Suspend and Resume work good. Waiting for nvidia bug fix.
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Laptop doesn't suspend on lid close

More people seem to have the same issue: https://github.com/elementary/switchboard-plug-power/issues/94 For people interesting in how to switch settings via console: It might be related to an issue ...
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Loki freezes and black screen after suspend

There seems to be an issue with kernel 4.4.0 to 4.5 with open source video drivers. I am no expert but I found this to be a common thread among people with this problem. I updated kernel to 4.6 and it ...
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Update enables accelerometer with wrong screen orientation

Same problem here. xrandr -o 0 has helped temporarily. The problem, actually lies in FIXING this. Obviously, the system somehow detects the orientation AND reacts on it. It only so happens that the ...
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Something's up with the network indicator

Try sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service This should reset the NM Service and return the correct icon.
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Suspend option is not working in elementary OS Loki

It is probably because you are missing the swap space. Trying adding a swap partition manually. You can check if you have a swap space using free -m If total swap is 0, you need to allocate some ...
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Fonts and some graphics disappear / lost after hibernate / sleep / resume / cycle

Prof. Falken. I searched on forums high and low to solve this issue. I can not remember where I found the solution, but this worked for me: sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04 The ...
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Black screen after wake up

Upgrading the kernel works for me. I guess it works if having newer cpu is your problem.
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elementary OS Loki: I have to put the laptop to sleep right after booting to make it work

I use the same laptop and sometimes I have that problem too. In case of only background image displayed I click Ctrl+Alt+F1 and then Ctrl+Alt+F7. So that I switch to cli and then to gui. In case of ...
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Black screen or kernel panic after suspend?

I solved my problem by updating the kernel to the latest version (4.6.5) following these instructions: To Install and upgrade Linux Kernel 4.6.5 (Stable) on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15....
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Can I get bluetooth devices to remain after suspend/resume and/or reboot

In console: bluetoothctl Connect bluetooth device and see in console. Example: [CHG] Device 00:1F:20:E1:B3:B7 Connected: yes [CHG] Device 00:1F:20:E1:B3:B7 ServicesResolved: yes Copy device code. ...
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eOS Loki on Chromebook wont start after suspend

This is a confirmed bug that located here. I have found the best way to deal with this bug without rebooting is to switch your TTY (CTRL-ALT-F1) and run sudo killall lightdm. It should switch you back ...
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