Questions related to Suspend Mode, which is a special low-power mode often used on laptops that preserves the contents of RAM while using less power than normal.

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Lenovo T400 Hangs after Resume from Suspend in Raring Ringtail

I've upgraded from Ubuntu 12.10 to 13.04 recently and now my system hangs if I resume from Suspend. Any suggestions how to fix this or how to diagnose the problem? Its a Lenovo T400 Laptop. Update: ...
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How do I prevent immediate wake up from suspend (version II)?

This question covers one reason a computer might immediately wake after suspend: How do I prevent immediate wake up from suspend? I seem to have a different one. After a recent security patch update ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 laptop battery isn't charging?

My HP EliteBook charged perfectly when Windows 7 was installed. 8560p. I wiped the drive, installed 12.04. For a little while, I could suspend the laptop, and it would charge when the lid was closed. ...
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Problem booting Ubuntu 12.04 after hibernate/suspend

Linux 3.2.0-38-generic #61-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 19 12:18:21 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS Release: 12.04 ...
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“power off and on” specifc usb port in Ubuntu 12.04

I am trying to power off and power on usb port in Ubuntu 12.04 without success. I tried the steps listed below: echo "0" > "/sys/bus/usb/devices/$port/power/autosuspend" echo "auto" > ...
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How to tell if laptop was woken by rtc?

Say I set my laptop to wake every morning with rtcwake (e.g. echo $(date +%s 'tomorrow 08:00') > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm in a cron job or in /etc/pm/sleep.d/99-set-alarm.sh). Now, I'd like ...
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Suspend on power button when session is locked

It is possible to configure Ubuntu so that pressing the power button causes an immediate suspend (see here, for example). That configuration does not work, however, if the session is locked. Is it ...
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PulseAudio Equalizer doesn't survive neither suspend nor hibernate

First time Ubuntu boots up it's fine. I can listen to the music and the sound is equalized. Then if I suspend the PC or let it hibernate then, after I have woken it up, the sound becomes plain. If in ...
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Xorg intermittently restarts after suspend

I have Ubuntu 12.04 on a Toshiba laptop. About one out of every three times, when waking from suspend, it wakes up normally and works for anywhere from 10-45 seconds, then the screen goes black, then ...
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Fn-keys stopped working on a Lenovo Thinkpad Edge

I'm running 12.04 on a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge. I'm having these possibly related issues with things that worked perfectly when I installed Ubuntu: Most of the Fn-keys worked seamlessly after I freshly ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS screen refresh problems after returning from suspend

I'm using the latest proprietary Nvidia drivers (v. 302.17) on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit and sometimes after returning from suspend I notice weird screen artifacts or sometimes screen is simply white. ...
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Computer turns off after suspend

I've run into this rather odd issue. In Ubuntu 12.04, with the latest kernel update, the computer will not wake up from a suspend. Much worse that that, it starts to load, immediately turns off, and ...
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After upgrade to 12.04, suspend locks my laptop

After upgrading to 12.04 suspend no longer works. Going into suspend seems to work, screen, fan, disk and LED's shuts down. When trying to resume I can hear the fan staring up for a second or two ...
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Lid close action and dual monitor

I enjoy my Ubuntu laptop and the automatic hibernate on lid closing. Unfortunately the hibernation doesn't take place when closing the lid while an external monitor is plugged in. The monitor is only ...
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STANDBY/SUSPEND TO RAM does not work - ASUS EeePC wakes up immediately

I'm using 12.04 on a ASUS 1201 EeePC. Hibernation works well after re-enabling (thanks for that post!), but the SUSPEND mode does not persist. After switching the Netbook off it is awaking immediately ...
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Doesn't suspend when closing lid on a Dell Inspiron N5110

This is what advanced settings tell me: Shell > Laptop lid close action on battery > Suspend Shell > Laptop lid close action when on AC > Suspend The screen is on when I open the lid after closing ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 Unity black and white pixilated screen after suspend resume

Whenever I suspend and resume my laptop I get the following screen (see link to image below). I can do Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get to TTY and I can kill and restart Unity but it seems to have no effect when I ...
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Suspend or hibernate Ubuntu running from an external USB Hard drive (or flash drive)?

I have Ubuntu 13.04 installed on a external USB hard drive and I have been using it without any major issues in different computers. However, I recently was working on something important and decided ...
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Why is Ubuntu 12.04 resuming from suspend within 2 minutes?

I set up wake on LAN as per instructions I found online. I set up suspend to use Hybrid-Suspend; the system will suspend automatically if no activity for allotted time. If I send a Magic Packet ...
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Inspiron 7520 Suspend/hibernate problem Ubuntu 64 bit

I am currently using Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit, booting with UEFI. I am experiencing a problem since I have begun to use my computer linux. The problem is that the timer goes wrong when I awake my computer ...
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How to get around graphical issue when “waking” computer from suspend?

I've checked a few of the similar questions. But they have provided no viable answer. I would rather not install Nvidia drivers. Because I've had nothing but trouble with them. But to the problem. ...
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Problems with Radeon 7640G

I just bought a new laptop with a Radeon HD 7640G graphics card, but I'm having some issues. The biggest problem is that suspend isn't working. After suspend, I just get a black screen. I think that ...
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Strange messages when suspending/hibernating

While suspending or hibernating, a terminal is shown. Normally it's blank, but lately it's been showing messages like these: [ 429.276100] i2400m_usb 2-1.5:1.0: device reset on resume: ...
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suspend/resume failure

I have been getting this occasionally since I started using Ubuntu. Does anyone know a fix?
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Can't log in after waking up from sleep

I have this issue since the first time I installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Whenever my laptop wakes up from sleep the log in screen looks like this: In order to log in I end up restarting my system and ...
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after disabling dpms, how to keep dpms disabled after resume from suspend?

Ubuntu 12.10 quantal: On login, I run "xset -dpms s 0 0 s off". This works great until I suspend and resume. For some reason, dpms is re-enabled after resume. Is there an easy way to completely ...
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How can I prevent my laptop auto suspend (due to critically low battery) from looping?

I have an Acer Aspire 5750G on Ubuntu 12.04LTS and I've got a problem: Battery critically low > suspend > wake up instantly (I don't touch ANYTHING) > suspend > wake up.... power outage > dead. I've ...
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Why does Resume Fail (Black Screen)?

I've spent a few hours going through similar questions, and found answers ineffective or beyond my comprehension. Beginner user. (1yr) Suspend began failing after my last update. (Feb 2013 - Not sure ...
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Asus 1201N won't suspend on lid close

I am trying to migrate from my faithful but battered MSI Wind to an Asus eeePC 1201N. In general the experience is quite positive but I am facing one irritating issue : it won't suspend when I close ...
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No display on resume from suspend

My netbook display stays black after resume from suspend about 70% of the time. The only remedy is to either close the lid and open again (to sleep the system) and see if that brought the display ...
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Hard shutdown after resuming from suspend

My system will shut down as if power was lost shortly after resume (30-60s) from a suspended state. This of course causes disk issues if anything was being written. I saw that this issue was ...
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Lenovo T500 Suspend Issue due to network manager?

I use a Lenovo Thinkpad T500 with Ubuntu 12.10 installed. I have a strange problem. Often when I go to sleep at night and forget to plug my laptop in, I find in the morning that my laptop is ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS won't suspend

If I put my computer in suspend mode, it wakes up instantly. Here's the dmesg output: [532883.492262] PM: Syncing filesystems ... done. [532883.506700] PM: Preparing system for mem sleep ...
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Xscreensaver locking issue

I recently switched from Gnome screensaver to Xscreensaver and I have been facing problems in making Xscreesaver lock my session when I suspend my system. Can anyone help me figure this out?
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Losing audio over HDMI after wake from suspend and reboot

Running a custom HTPC with: Intel i5 3750 (Ivy Bridge) with HD 4000 graphics. ASRock Z77 Pro4-M Motherboard Ubuntu 12.10 When the system is up and running, I'm able to connect an HDMI cable and ...
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eeePC 1000HA does not suspend on Ubuntu 12.10

This functionality worked normally in Ubuntu 12.04. Since upgrading the computer does not respond to clicking on suspend.
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screen does not wake up after suspend/ brightness will not adjust

My computer is one of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230467 Asus Zenbook UX32A-DB51 Just bought it yesterday. Set to "suspend" when I close the lid, but when I open it ...
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How can I use hybrid sleep with kernel 3.6?

As I read in the changelog of kernel 3.6 there is support for hybrid sleep/suspend to both. I would like to know how to get it working in Ubuntu 12.10 so that I can compare it with the two other ...
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After suspend icons are blurry

After I resume from suspend mode the icons on the desktop are blurry. I have tried to solve this with "additional drivers" and also my graphics card (NVIDIA) is capable of rendering which I checked ...
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Temporary disable suspend when x command is running?

How do you temporarily disable suspend functionality when a certain command is running? This request is similar to caffeine but caffeine does not offer this functionality.
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Suspend doesn't save session

Strangely, my computer loses the session after it goes into suspend. I think it was triggered by restarting after an update. The hibernate function works just fine (it's able to save and restore my ...
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Suspend button only shows screensaver, Not suspending

Running Ubuntu 12.04 with xfce desktop. When I do a suspend my monitor fades to black, prints some information to a console, and then shows the screensaver. It does not suspend. This happens when ...
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WiFi can't connect after suspend

I've had this problem since Ubuntu 11.10 (my first install) but I was able to get around this issue with this answer. After I installed Ubuntu 12.04.1 I tried to use the same fix as before but I ...
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12.04: restore from lid close suspend fails, but ok with shutdown/suspend

Using 12.04 on Dell Precision M6400, when I close the lid, instead of suspending as expected, it crashes and lid open will not restore session. Reboot is required. However, if I click ...
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Cinnamon: Can't restore after suspend (lid was closed)

I change my settings to "When lid closed -> nothing", but when lid closed, it go to suspend and i can't restore it, when press any button. Effect after pressed is not restore, but reloading or ...
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Dell Inspiron 600m won't wake from suspend

When I suspend the laptop (by menu or closing the lid) it will suspend. I then see the power light dim and brighten. If I hit a key or the mouse nothing happens. If I hit the power button the power ...
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ubuntu 12.04 returns to login screen on resume from suspend. Is there a fix?

When I resume from a suspend, Ubuntu 12.04 will come back ok for about 10 seconds, and then the screen blanks out. After about another second or so, it returns to the login screen for Unity 2d. It ...
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Only the mouse pointer when waking from suspend?

When I wake my laptop from suspend, I see a black screen with only the mouse pointer visible. If I hover over a text field (in this case the password box), the mouse changes to the "I" shape. I can ...
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Mouse and keyboard modules take too long to load after resume from sleep in Ubuntu 13.04

I have Ubuntu 13.04 installed in my Sony Vaio, and I found that, after resumingfrom sleep, keyboard and mouse will not start after about 10 seconds. If I check dmesg I always find the following: [ ...
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No lock after suspension despite settings set to lock

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 with the Cinnamon desktop, on a Thinkpad X220. After running a system update yesterday, Ubuntu no longer locks and asks for my password when I wake from suspend. This includes ...

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