How to create keyboard shortcut which initiates suspend

Question

When I was running the Unity shell I was able to do Fn + F1 and get my machine to suspend, however now that I am running Gnome Shell, when I do this keyboard shortcut, absolutely nothing happens, so I was wondering if there was anyway to get it so that when doing that keyboard shortcut, my machine does actually suspend?

I have tried looking in my System Settings and found nothing obvious, I have also looked in Gnome Tweak Tool, but still nothing obvious. When I had Unity it was just the case though, and even when I had Windows 7 before that it was the case that that keyboard combination did that, I have never needed to configure anything specially, nor have I to get this working.

OS Information:

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 15.04
Release:    15.04
Codename:   vivid

score 17 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

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I tested the command mentioned here on Gnome 15.04, and it did the job well. The next thing to do is then to make it available under a shortcut key.

The easiest way would be to create a small script of it:

#!/bin/bash

dbus-send --system --print-reply \
  --dest="org.freedesktop.login1" \
  /org/freedesktop/login1 \
  org.freedesktop.login1.Manager.Suspend boolean:true

save it as initiate_suspend.sh, and make it available under a shortcut key. To do that works the same in Gnome as it works in Unity: choose: System Settings > "Keyboard" > "Shortcuts" > "Custom Shortcuts". Click the "+" and add the command:

/bin/bash /path/to/initiate_suspend.sh

to a shortcut key combination of your choice.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

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answered Jul 26 '15 at 17:37

Jacob Vlijm

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@Mitch sorry (again) I'll remember for next time. – Jacob Vlijm Jul 26 '15 at 18:36
No worries.. -:) – Mitch Jul 26 '15 at 18:37
Seems to work in Xfce, too, though it does not lock desktop. (Xfce has a specific command `xfce4-session-logout --suspend` which does, if set) – jarno Apr 08 '21 at 00:59

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 10 '22 at 22:02

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To suspend Ubuntu 18.10 I use the Super key to launch a command and type sus to highlight the Suspend command, then hit Return.

Not quick as elegant as Super+l to lock screen, but it works without adding any configuration and no need for a mouse.

edited Jun 10 '22 at 22:02

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answered Oct 26 '18 at 13:55

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered May 14 '22 at 16:55

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I know this post is old. But in new Gnome versions, it's very easy.

Simply go to settings > keyboard > keyboard shortcuts and add a custom shortcut with this command systemctl suspend.

answered May 14 '22 at 16:55

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panticz · Answer 4 · 2023-08-08T14:22:21.197

Here a exaple how to create keyboard shortcut to suspend the system by pressing <Super> + s keys:

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys suspend "['<Super>s']"

or create a custom keybinding:

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys custom-keybindings "['/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom0/']"
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom0/ name 'suspend'
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom0/ command 'systemctl suspend'
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom0/ binding '<Super>p'

Be a little careful with using 'Copy and Paste' answers for questions in AU. — andrew.46, Jun 10 '22 at 23:44

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Jul 26 '15 at 19:04

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You can just add this

gksudo pm-suspend

in Settings>>Keyboard>>Shortcut and map it to any key combination you want.

edited Jul 26 '15 at 19:04

A.B.

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answered Jul 26 '15 at 17:42

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score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Jun 10 '22 at 22:06

Using `pm-utils` with PolicyKit

With this way, you have to enter a password before suspend.

First install pm-utils, we need pm-suspend
```
sudo apt-get install pm-utils
```
After that, create a new script file and add the code below
```
#!/bin/sh
pkexec "pm-suspend" "$@"
```
Open Keyboard via Activities menu and navigate to Custom Shortcuts and add a new shortcut.

Now add a new file in /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/

 sudo nano cat /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/pm-suspend.policy

And add the lines below

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE policyconfig PUBLIC
 "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Policy Configuration 1.0//EN"
 "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/PolicyKit/1/policyconfig.dtd">

<policyconfig>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.policykit.pkexec.run-pm-suspend">
    <description>Run FlashTool</description>
    <message>Authentication is required to run pm-suspend</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>
    </defaults>
    <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.path">/usr/sbin/pm-suspend</annotate>
    <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.allow_gui">TRUE</annotate>
  </action>

</policyconfig>

That's all ;)

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