Suspend fails on F14

[Kevin J. Cummings]

On 04/20/2011 11:30 AM, Christopher Svanefalk wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I run Fedora 14 on a HP Probook 4510s, and I have been having the
> following problem on Fedora 12 as well. I have filed a bug report about
> it, but since it is still open, I was wondering if anybody has any
> advice on how to work around it?
> 
> The bug report in its entirety can be found here:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675535
> 
> The text of the bug description is included here.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any and all help!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Christopher

Chris,
	Self help is available here:

> http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt

Read the pagem try some of what it suggests, put that data in your bug
report.  Try each suggested step a number of time to see if any of them
are not consistent....

> Description of problem:
> 
> This bug is similar in effect to #649103
> (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649103), however, it differs in
> the following ways:
> 
> 1. The system can still shutdown properly 100% of the time. Hibernate has not
> been extensively tested.  
> 2. Different hardware is being used.
> 3. Suspend still works sometimes, but it seems go into hard freeze at random.
> 
> Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
> Fedora 14, latest updates as of February 6.
> 
> How reproducible:
> Should be reproducible on a mint system.
> 
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1. Start system, login 
> 2. attempt to suspend in any way
> 3. --
> 
> Actual results:
> Sometimes (about 50/50 chance of occurence), the system will go into hard
> freeze when trying to suspend. It manifests in one of two ways:
> 1. The standard shutdown/suspend screen (fedora logo on a blue backround) stays
> indefinetly.
> 2. Screen goes black indefinetly.
> 
> In both cases, the only know resolution is a hard reset. No input devices
> respond.
> 
> Expected results:
> The system should go into suspend, and wake up again when powerbutton is
> pressed.
> 
> Additional info:
> I remember having the exact same problem with Fedora 12 back in the day. The
> problem persists after a fresh reinstallation, with or without updates.

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