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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. Questions related to suspending to disk should use the [hibernate] tag.

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Ubuntu doesn't read SD Card after wake

I have connected a SD card to my notebook and I'm using it as my home partition. When I turn my computer on I have no problem reaching home folder and subdirectories, but when I suspend and resume, ...
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no hdmi video after suspend on intel NUC6i7KYK

I have the latest Intel NUC, NUC6i7KYK (specs here), running close to stock Ubuntu 16.04. Its monitor is hooked up via HDMI. When it wakes up from suspend (S3), it never wakes up the display. The ...
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Get Windows Back After Waking Up On 16.04 LTS

On my dual-monitor setup some windows get offscreen after the sleep (suspend) mode. I have to manually ALT-Space to move them back. How can this be accomplished automatically after the sleep?
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Ubuntu 14.04 crashes on resuming from suspend

Scenario. I recently uninstalled Nvidia propitiatory drivers, and installed nouveau ones. Before that, sleep and resume worked fine. So it might be a driver issue, but i dont want to taint my kernel ...
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Black screen when waking up from suspend when using 960M GTX graphics card

My laptop is UX510UW Asus. It has 960M GTX and Intel® HD Graphics 520. When I use Intel GPU then everything goes fine; I have no problem when I wake up from suspend. But when I switch to 960M GTX then ...
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Ubuntu 15.10 Black Screen after suspend

I just did a fresh install for ubuntu 15.10. Everything works fine except when i suspend my desktop or when i am inactive for too long the screen go off/sleep, when I try to wake it up, it shows a ...
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After closing the lid, no screen display and computer hangs. Have to restart everytime.(14.10)

When I lock my laptop and close the lid, and again after sometime,when I open the lid, their is a blank screen with no display and even if I press any key(s), my system does not wake up.I have to ...
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black screen after resuming from suspend

My laptop screen goes black after I resume it from suspend while using nvidia as default graphics manager, but when I use Intel graphics as default I dont have this issue. Nothing works, even ...
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Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro - Ubuntu 14.xx - X freezes when resuming from suspend

The problem is that my new Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro (lshw results) does not resume from suspend very well. I've collected the following data: This happens on Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS - both with the original ...
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Hibernate after suspend stopped working in 17.10

After updating from Ubuntu 17.04 to 17.10 hibernate after suspend (hybrid suspend) stopped working. Since switching to systemd I used this solution https://wiki.debian.org/SystemdSuspendSedation (...
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Not able to suspend or shutdown properly on ubuntu 17.10

I renctly updated to Ubuntu 17.10 and I'm not able to suspend my desktop. My screen are powered off but the fan still run and I'm not able to press the power button of my computer to resume. I have ...
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Xubuntu 16.04.2 locking/closing lid results in black screen

I've Xubuntu 16.04.2 installed on dell laptop(UEFI mode). It's the only OS on it. It has nvidea graphics card, which I think is causing the problem. Now whenever I lock the screen or close the lid, ...
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Dell XPS 9550 - 16.04 LTS: black screen on suspend

Dell XPS 9550 (15", 2015) -- 16GB swap, 250GB SDD, 4K Upon opening my computer from suspending (whether from closing the lid or otherwise) the screen is completely black but the computer is in fact ...
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ubuntu messes up text after suspension

My ubuntu after suspension completely messes up all text in the system. When I wake up my PC this is how my nautilus looks like And sometimes after suspension it even logs out from my account. I ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Nvidia Prime - Resume from suspend to black screen

laptop = acer aspire cpu = intel i3-4050U gpu = nvidia 840m Vanilla offline install. On first boot I do updates. I reboot again and then install nvidia 361 & nvidia-prime. I reboot again. ...
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Problem shutting down or restarting after suspend.16.04

Yesterday I noticed when I went to restart my laptop, it wouldn't. The computer is a brand new Dell XPS 13 9350. After looking into some things I noticed that it would only happen (Not shutting down) ...
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Laptop doesn't suspend when lid is closed - No state change

I have a problem about my laptop that doesn't suspend when i close lid. First the story. I bought a new Acer e3-112. It camed with win8.1 and i upgraded it to win10. Then i shrinked the hdd and ...
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Crashplan service prevents suspend

After a long trial/error process, I finally identified crashplan service as the reason for my laptop not suspending after lid is closed. I have two different Ubuntu laptops, both are suffering from ...
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Touchpad not working after suspend on Asus A450L

I recently change laptop to asus A450L and install latest ubuntu 15.04, there is one annoying bug, touchpad not working after suspend, and need to reboot to make it working again. Touchpad not ...
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Mouse and keyboard not working when i resume after suspend ubuntu 14.04

I installed ubuntu 14.04 on my Dell inspiron 5537 by USB. Everything worked fine, but after i resume my computer from suspend my touch-pad and my keyboard are not responding. So, i tried to reinstall ...
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Command “xset dpms force on” after resume

I Use Lubuntu 13.04 and the LVDS Display only works if you use the "nomodeset" option is set in grub. (The VGA Display works without a problem...) After a resume i only can see on the LVDS Display ...
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Wireless Problems After Resume

[Edit 3: Before you read all of this, I don't think this is a software issue anymore, so I'm not sure if there's a real solution that can be offered. I saw this video and read some of the comments. It ...
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How can I prevent my laptop from sleeping (suspending) automatically when idle?

My laptop suspends (sleeps) automatically after several minutes without use. I usually let the laptop download stuff and go to sleep then I wake and find nothing was downloaded and the laptop is ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 Freezes on Suspend/won't shut down

I have a Lenovo Ideapad y700 14 which I recentually upgraded to 17.10 from Ubuntu GNOME 17.04, everything is working fine except the suspend and shut down functions. I have power settings to suspend ...
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Display goes to sleep watching video

I installed Ubuntu 17.10 but there's a very annoying bug. When I'm watching videos (streaming or YouTube, not only in full-screen) the monitor goes to sleep. Some solution? Thanks you!
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Screen turn off about 15 secs back from sleep mode

I've notice, than, in ubuntu 16.04, when I'm back to sleep mode (veille), my screen turning off about 15 secondes ! It's very irritating... Anybody can help me ? Fabrice My configuration : Linux ...
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Black Screen after Lock Screen or Ctrl + L in Ubuntu 17.04

After upgrading Ubuntu from 16.10 to 17.04 on my work PC, a very strange problem is causing havoc. When I turn on my PC, everything is normal. But after Locking Computer with Ctrl+L or locking from ...
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script that runs during suspend

I'm trying to run a script that will execute a command before and after the system is suspended I created a script in /lib/systemd/system-sleep/ The script works great but ends up running after the ...
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Ubuntu 17.04 laptop wakes up by itself after a few hours

After closing the lid the computer wakes up by itself after a few hours. I found it in my bag burning hot... This is an X1 Carbon Thinkpad. It hasn't happened before the upgrade to 17.04.
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after screen is inactive for 30 min it won't return, 17.04

There is fairly recent problem with 17.04. I have always had my computer "Turn screen off when inactive for 30 minutes". The Lock button has always been off, and I don't require my password when ...
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Desktop CTR monitor goes to sleep just before login and wont wake up!

Is there some way to force a CRT monitor wakeup in graphics mode (vt7 Xorg)? Ubuntu 14.04 After I boot, I wait it to show the login screen but the CRT monitor will remain sleeping, no matter any ...
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how to run a python script after resume

I have a python script that I need to run after resuming system from suspend. I have created an executable in /etc/pm/sleep.d/ #!/bin/bash case "$1" in hibernate|suspend|thaw|resume) ...
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Clicks on the screen while laptop lid is closed

I just installed a new distribution of Ubuntu 16.04 and have been configuring it, but something has been happening when the laptop lid is closed. After I close the lid for, say, 30 minutes, I will be ...
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Why can I not use the virtual consoles on Ubuntu 16.04?

I'm currently unable to use any of my virtual terminals on Ubuntu 16.04 (the ASCII consoles accessible with CTRL+ALT+F[1-6] or chvt; that is, /dev/tty[1-6]), but only intermittently. When I first boot ...
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Critical Power Action doesn't work

I run Ubuntu 16.04.2 on my HP Probook 430 G4 laptop and I have a little problem. The Gnome Power Manager application lets us select a critical power action but that doesn't seems to work. I have ...
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No sound from laptop speakers after Ubuntu suspension

Every time I (lid-closing) suspend Ubuntu, when I get back again, the volume of internal speakers do not wok. There is no sound at all. If I simply reboot into Windows (10) the problem is present ...
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16.04.1 turning off (sleeping?) unexpectedly

My 16.04.1 desktop is going to sleep (hibernating?) arbitrarily. When I check on it the case fan is still running and the network adapter is still blinking away, so it appears it's not totally powered ...
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Asus X556U touch pad not working

After my laptop (Asus X556U) boots Ubuntu, the touchpad is not working.xinput command lists my touchpad as Elan Touchpad. I tried to enable & disable the touchpad, but still it is not working. But ...
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Lost Wi-Fi after Ubuntu 16.04 laptop resumes from sleep

When done working on my laptop, I'll close the lid to put it to sleep. After opening the lid, my Wi-Fi connection is often lost and zero APs are found in the network area in the upper right area ...
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Lock + suspend behavior on laptop lid close

I've installed Ubuntu 16.04 on two different laptops: Lenovo Thinkpad T460s HP Probook 6470b My configuration is similar across both laptops. I have i3 WM installed, with lightdm (the default on 16....
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Ubuntu 16.04 fails to resume from suspend when on battery

I am using an Asus UX303U. When I am plugged into to main socket, resume works. Otherwise the laptop starts afresh with the system boot screen. Linux 4.4.0-31-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 13 00:07:...
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Ubuntu 16.04 doesn't suspend and shut down properly

I installed Ubuntu 16.04 alongside with Windows 10 a month ago. All this time I've noticed that after some time working, when I close laptop's lid and after open it, Ubuntu won't run. And I hear that ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 failing to suspend and opening applications by itself

I have a very strange problem. After installing stock Ubuntu 16.04, I noticed that whenever I close the lip on my laptop and come back a few hours later, every application (on the launcher) is running ...
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Laptop dying during suspend after 2 hours. Suspend/hybrid not working

So I have a yoga s1 and recently installed ubuntu. Twice now when I close the lid and go into suspend the computer will rapidly drain power from the battery in the span of 2 hours then die shortly ...
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Boot script table modified, please contact vendor

I had a variety of distros on this Lenovo G50-45 laptop, most recently Debian 8 and now Xubuntu 15.04 x64. Whenever I want to put the system to sleep (suspend) I get the error message written in ...
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can't wake up after suspension

I suspended Ubuntu 14.04 on Thinkpad T400 last night, but this morning when I tried to wake it up, I heard a little sound which is normal when it wakes up, and then the screen keeps black as if it ...
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SD card won't mount (or even be recognized) after resuming from suspend

My 32GB SD card (FAT32) does not have any problem mounting perfectly if my laptop (running Ubuntu 14.04) never goes into suspend (after I close its lid). But once I re-open the lid, retyping my ...
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No touchpad and keyboard on Toshiba Sattelite at start

I have a big problem because I can't log in to Ubuntu on my computer, because when I see the login screen, nothing works. Originally, I solved the problem using this soplution (I pressed NumLock when ...
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Disable keyboard input wake up

I want to disable making my laptop wakes up from suspend on keyboard input. I searched a lot and I disabled all devices in /proc/acpi/wakeup but it still wakes up when clicking any button. I checked ...
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Is it possible to suspend applications?

The main idea is to add a "suspend" button to the title(behind the "quit" cross button) of the application window that will copy the memory taken by application to swap/local storage with pid ...

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