Re: [pm] fix time after suspend-to-*

[Mathias FrÃhlich]

> > Userspace behavior on suspend transitions is still a bit fuzzy at best. I
> > am beginning to look at userspace requirements, so if anyone wants to send
> > me suggestions, no matter how trivial or wacky, please feel free (on- or
> > off-list).
> 
> Many userspace applications are not prepared for suspension, like
> Evolution. When suspending the machine for a long time, all IMAP
> sessions are broken as their counterpart TCP sockets timeout. While
> resuming, Evolution is unable to handle this condition and simply
> informs the network connection has been dropped.
>
> What about sending the SIGPWR signal to all userspace processes before
> suspending so applications like Evolution can be improved to handle this
> signal, drop their IMAP connections and then, when resuming, reestablish
> them?

I think that messagebus is for such stuff. ?!

   Greetings

      Mathias

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Mathias FrÃhlich, email: Mathias.Froehlich@xxxxxx

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