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puppy

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Registered: 2025-11-10

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suspend issues with HP Victus 15-fa2xxx

Hey, i got a HP Victus 15 a while ago, and installed arch on it.
the thing is, whenever i suspend and turn it back on, i need to wait about a minute and spam a key so it turns on, and then after another minute, it turns black again but doesnt log me out, and i need to spam keys again to get back.
my trackpad also doesnt work and so do the button toggle leds (mute, trackpad toggle), but that isnt a priority.

neofetch output:
OS: Arch Linux x86_64
Host: Victus by HP Gaming Laptop 15-fa2xxx
Kernel: Linux 6.12.74-1-lts
Shell: bash 5.3.9
Display (AUOF7AD): 1920x1080 in 15", 144 Hz [Built-in]
DE: GNOME 49.4
WM: Mutter (Wayland)
CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13620H (16) @ 4.90 GHz
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Max-Q / Mobile [Discrete]
GPU 2: Intel UHD Graphics @ 1.50 GHz [Integrated]

i also have GDM installed, idk if it matters.

first time asking in the forum btw, sorry if im unprofessional. im asking here since all guides led to nothing and i just want it to work. thanks in advance ^w^

Last edited by puppy (2026-03-07 09:53:16)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: suspend issues with HP Victus 15-fa2xxx

the thing is, whenever i suspend and turn it back on, i need to wait about a minute and spam a key so it turns on, and then after another minute, it turns black again but doesnt log me out, and i need to spam keys again to get back.

Sounds like DPMS and that would be

DE: GNOME 49.4
WM: Mutter (Wayland)

to blame (I faintly remember something similar)

Have you check the behavior w/ something that's not gnome (in doubt just the multi-user.target, 2nd link below)?

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puppy

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From: Germany

Registered: 2025-11-10

Posts: 4

Re: suspend issues with HP Victus 15-fa2xxx

the thing is, whenever i suspend and turn it back on, i need to wait about a minute and spam a key so it turns on, and then after another minute, it turns black again but doesnt log me out, and i need to spam keys again to get back.

Sounds like DPMS and that would be

DE: GNOME 49.4
WM: Mutter (Wayland)

to blame (I faintly remember something similar)

Have you check the behavior w/ something that's not gnome (in doubt just the multi-user.target, 2nd link below)?

i can try, cuz i think i have hyprland installed. btw idk if it matters, but i have GDM.

seth

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Re: suspend issues with HP Victus 15-fa2xxx

I'd try to avoid gdm as well (since it's only a special gnome-shell as well)

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puppy

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Re: suspend issues with HP Victus 15-fa2xxx

I'd try to avoid gdm as well (since it's only a special gnome-shell as well)

uhh, i seem to be too incompetent to change my DE and DM.. but do u remember what the fix was?
(reason for me being unable to change my DM is cuz /home is encrypted and only GDM plays along with it, and i cant change my DE for some reason)

seth

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Re: suspend issues with HP Victus 15-fa2xxx

uhh, i seem to be too incompetent to change my DE and DM..

just the multi-user.target, 2nd link below

unable to change my DM is cuz /home is encrypted and only GDM plays along with it, and i cant change my DE for some reason

Why would an encrypted $HOME preclude you from using a different DM, but when booting the multi-user.target you can just login as root.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=311447 was actually between AMD and DPMS - we didn't figure in how far it was gnome specific then.
So test the mult-user.target behavior and then become competent to change DM or at least the DE. If you're facing an obstacle with that you'll have to be more forthcoming than "for some reason"

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puppy

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From: Germany

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Re: suspend issues with HP Victus 15-fa2xxx

uhh, i seem to be too incompetent to change my DE and DM..

just the multi-user.target, 2nd link below

unable to change my DM is cuz /home is encrypted and only GDM plays along with it, and i cant change my DE for some reason

Why would an encrypted $HOME preclude you from using a different DM, but when booting the multi-user.target you can just login as root.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=311447 was actually between AMD and DPMS - we didn't figure in how far it was gnome specific then.
So test the mult-user.target behavior and then become competent to change DM or at least the DE. If you're facing an obstacle with that you'll have to be more forthcoming than "for some reason"

ok i managed to switch my DM to lightdm and my WM to hyprland. however the issues still remain, it just gets back slightly faster. so, maybe it is multi-user.target? im still a noob when its about systemd/systemctl

seth

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Re: suspend issues with HP Victus 15-fa2xxx

Please post your complete system journal for the boot after such incident

sudo journalctl -b | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st

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