Linux suspend application?

[Isaac]

I'm trying to figure out which application makes xubuntu go to sleep, because it's clearly the best.

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aio_suspend (3)      - wait for asynchronous I/O operation or timeout
pasuspender (1)      - Temporarily suspend PulseAudio
pm-action (8)        - Suspend or Hibernate your computer
pm-hibernate (8)     - Suspend or Hibernate your computer
pm-is-supported (1)  - Test whether suspend or hibernate is supported.
pm-suspend (8)       - Suspend or Hibernate your computer
pm-suspend-hybrid (8) - Suspend or Hibernate your computer
rt_sigsuspend (2)    - wait for a signal
sigsuspend (2)       - wait for a signal
usleep (3)           - suspend execution for microsecond intervals

usleep() is a function. It could be what my system uses.

I wish the comments said

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xxxxx - THIS IS WHAT YOUR COMPUTER USES TO SUSPEND!

[Jeff250]

Words like sleep and suspend are definitely overloaded. Ignore functions like sleep/usleep/nanosleep, which just cause the current process to not do anything for the specified time. Also ignore anything related to signal handlers or SIGSTOP (a signal used to suspend processes). pm-suspend looks like a candidate, but the best way to figure out if xubuntu calls it is to look at the source code.

[Jeff250]

Keep in mind that it's even possible that ubuntu and xubuntu use the same command/function to suspend but that it works better in xubuntu for some other reason, like maybe a lack of compiz.

[fliptw]

the pm-* commands are what you are looking for.

everything else is system calls.

[Isaac]

ah ok! Thanks