1. Open gconf-editor. Go to Apps->gnome-power-manager->lock
uncheck hibernate. This will inhibit powermanager to lock your screen right after you click the hibernate button.
2.made a copy of /usr/lib/hal/scripts/linux/hal-system-power-hibernate-linux as /usr/lib/hal/scripts/linux/hal-system-power-hibernate-linuxa
3.Edited /usr/lib/hal/scripts/linux/hal-system-power-hibernate-linux as
#!/bin/sh
getXuser() {
user=`finger| grep -m1 ":$displaynum " | awk '{print $1}'`
if [ x"$user" = x"" ]; then
user=`finger| grep -m1 ":$displaynum" | awk '{print $1}'`
fi
if [ x"$user" != x"" ]; then
userhome=`getent passwd $user | cut -d: -f6`
export XAUTHORITY=$userhome/.Xauthority
else
export XAUTHORITY=""
fi
}
for x in /tmp/.X11-unix/*; do
displaynum=`echo $x | sed s#/tmp/.X11-unix/X##`
getXuser;
if [ x"$XAUTHORITY" != x"" ]; then
export DISPLAY=":$displaynum"
pid=`pgrep -u "MY USERNAME" gnome-screensav`
DBUS=`grep -z DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS /proc/$pid/environ | sed -e 's/DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=//'`
###HERE RUN ANY PROGRAM WHICH WILL DISPLAY YOUR MESSAGE ###
(
echo "0" ; sleep 1
echo "# 10 Sec to Hibernate" ;
echo "10" ; sleep 1
echo "# 9 Sec to Hibernate" ;
echo "20" ; sleep 1
echo "# 8 Sec to Hibernate" ;
echo "30" ; sleep 1
echo "# 7 Sec to Hibernate" ;
echo "40" ; sleep 1
echo "# 6 Sec to Hibernate" ;
echo "50" ; sleep 1
echo "# 5 Sec to Hibernate" ;
echo "60" ; sleep 1
echo "# 4 Sec to Hibernate" ;
echo "70" ; sleep 1
echo "# 3 Sec to Hibernate" ;
echo "80" ; sleep 1
echo "# 2 Sec to Hibernate" ;
echo "90" ; sleep 1
echo "# 1 Sec to Hibernate" ;
echo "100" ; sleep 1
) |
zenity --progress \
--title="Hibernate" \
--auto-close \
if [ "$?" = 0 ] ; then
sh /usr/lib/hal/scripts/linux/hal-system-power-hibernate-linuxa & sudo -u "MY USERNAME" gnome-screensaver-command --lock
fi
fi
done
I hope this would help anyone faces the same trouble as me.You have to replace "MY USERNAME" to your current login user name.This will give a 10sec countdown to hibernate before it does with the option of cancel button.It also locks the screen when it resumes from hibernate..
