klaptop_acpi_helper can't hibernate [SOLVED]

[toroidh]

Hi all,
i've just configured the software suspend and all is working fine when I call the hibernate script from a root console. When I call klaptop_acpi_helper --hibernate from a user console the program exit without effects and after a dmesg scanning I understood that, in some weird ways, the klaptop_acpi_helper is calling the hibernate script without using my /etc/hibernate/hibernate.conf.
The suspend process begins but without global configuration parameters:

[chrismortimore]

I think klaptop_acpi_helper uses it's own configs and stuff and works as a frontend to the suspend2 kernel modules. The simple solution is don't use klaptop_acpi_helper to hibernate.

Why are you wanting to hibernate using klaptop_acpi_helper? Is it so that KDE will hibernate automatically when your battery gets low? If so, there is an option in the KDE Control Centre (somewhere, I forget where) that lets you set commands to run when the battery hits a certain level. From that, you can call the normal hibernate script instead of the internal klaptop stuff.
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Desktop: AMD Athlon64 3800+ Venice Core, 2GB PC3200, 2x160GB 7200rpm Maxtor DiamondMax 10, 2x320GB WD 7200rpm Caviar RE, Nvidia 6600GT 256MB
Laptop: Intel Pentium M, 512MB PC2700, 60GB 5400rpm IBM TravelStar, Nvidia 5200Go 64MB

[toroidh]

You are right, I hadn't seen that the helper was using directly the kernel features without calling the hibernate script. However the problem still, I can't run hibernate as I'm not root and making the script itself runnable from an ad-hoc group (suspend for example) wouldn't be a solution: it is runnable by anyone for default:

[chrismortimore]

Go look up "sudo", it lets you give specific users or groups superuser privilages for specific commands. For example, if you put into /etc/sudoers:

[toroidh]

Thank you! Your advises were so useful!