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Public bug reported:

(no idea whether this is the right package)

In Power Settings, under "on battery" and "when power is critically
low", the only available option is "Power Off". The "Hibernate" option
is greyed out, and the option "Suspend" doesn't even exist, which is
completely stupid.

Maybe hibernation is greyed out for the same reason why it's not available in the shutdown menu, that is, because it's unreliable as hell.
Besides the fact that it's about time to fix it, given we have already reached W in the alphabet of versions, anyway, since most of the time it works, the option should be available with a warning that it may fail to resume, rather than completely unavailable.

Regarding the "Suspend" option, it's simply stupid that it's not
available. I know, suspend requires a minimum amount of power. But the
solution to that is pretty obvious: if the selected choice is to
suspend, then use a slightly higher threshold for triggering suspension.
And if while suspended the power goes below the lower critical threshold
for keeping suspension, then it should wake up and hibernate, or turn
off (there should be an additional option for this).

I remember a few versions ago the option to suspend on low power did
exist, and what happened was that the system started to suspend,
immediately wake up, suspend again, and so on forever until the power
was too low and it just hard-powered off. Now, I understand that was
pathetic, but the new behavior is no solution. Also this proves that
waking up when power reaches critical level while suspended is possible.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: powermgmt-base 1.31+nmu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-43.49-generic 3.19.8-ckt10
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-43-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Jan  7 23:31:53 2016
Dependencies:

InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (818 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: powermgmt-base
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-08-15 (145 days ago)

** Affects: powermgmt-base (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug vivid

** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2016-01-07 23:34:13.png"
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** Description changed:

  (no idea whether this is the right package)
  
  In Power Settings, under "on battery" and "when power is critically
  low", the only available option is "Power Off". The "Hibernate" option
  is greyed out, and the option "Suspend" doesn't even exist, which is
  completely stupid.
  
- Maybe hibernation is greyed out for the same reason why it's not available in the shutdown menu, that is, because it's unreliable as hell. 
+ Maybe hibernation is greyed out for the same reason why it's not available in the shutdown menu, that is, because it's unreliable as hell.
  Besides the fact that it's about time to fix it, given we have already reached W in the alphabet of versions, anyway, since most of the time it works, the option should be available with a warning that it may fail to resume, rather than completely unavailable.
  
  Regarding the "Suspend" option, it's simply stupid that it's not
  available. I know, suspend requires a minimum amount of power. But the
  solution to that is pretty obvious: if the selected choice is to
  suspend, then use a slightly higher threshold for triggering suspension.
  And if while suspended the power goes below the lower critical threshold
  for keeping suspension, then it should wake up and hibernate, or turn
  off (there should be an additional option for this).
  
  I remember a few versions ago the option to suspend on low power did
  exist, and what happened was that the system started to suspend,
  immediately wake up, suspend again, and so on forever until the power
  was too low and it just hard-powered off. Now, I understand that was
- pathetic, but the new behavior is no solution.
+ pathetic, but the new behavior is no solution. Also this proves that
+ waking up when power reaches critical level while suspended is possible.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: powermgmt-base 1.31+nmu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-43.49-generic 3.19.8-ckt10
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-43-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Jan  7 23:31:53 2016
  Dependencies:
-  
+ 
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (818 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: powermgmt-base
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-08-15 (145 days ago)

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Title:
  No option to suspend when power critically low; hibernate option
  greyed out

Status in powermgmt-base package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  (no idea whether this is the right package)

  In Power Settings, under "on battery" and "when power is critically
  low", the only available option is "Power Off". The "Hibernate" option
  is greyed out, and the option "Suspend" doesn't even exist, which is
  completely stupid.

  Maybe hibernation is greyed out for the same reason why it's not available in the shutdown menu, that is, because it's unreliable as hell.
  Besides the fact that it's about time to fix it, given we have already reached W in the alphabet of versions, anyway, since most of the time it works, the option should be available with a warning that it may fail to resume, rather than completely unavailable.

  Regarding the "Suspend" option, it's simply stupid that it's not
  available. I know, suspend requires a minimum amount of power. But the
  solution to that is pretty obvious: if the selected choice is to
  suspend, then use a slightly higher threshold for triggering
  suspension. And if while suspended the power goes below the lower
  critical threshold for keeping suspension, then it should wake up and
  hibernate, or turn off (there should be an additional option for
  this).

  I remember a few versions ago the option to suspend on low power did
  exist, and what happened was that the system started to suspend,
  immediately wake up, suspend again, and so on forever until the power
  was too low and it just hard-powered off. Now, I understand that was
  pathetic, but the new behavior is no solution. Also this proves that
  waking up when power reaches critical level while suspended is
  possible.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: powermgmt-base 1.31+nmu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-43.49-generic 3.19.8-ckt10
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-43-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Jan  7 23:31:53 2016
  Dependencies:

  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (818 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: powermgmt-base
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-08-15 (145 days ago)

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