Nadia won't suspend anymore on dell laptop

[bsiu]

Hey people,

Running Maya (cinnamon) here, on a Dell Vostro 3500 with a nvidia 310m. I have had trouble with the sleep function for the last 2 months. It used to go to sleep, but now only produces a backlit black screen. Have to force a shutdown.

The /var/log/pm-suspend.log doesn't show anything strange. It is attached below.

Any ideas?

Edit: damn lack of caffeine - running Maya (mint 13), not Nadia. Duh.

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Initial commandline parameters: --auto-quirks
Mon Sep 24 21:58:35 CLST 2012: Running hooks for suspend.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/000kernel-change suspend suspend:

/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/000kernel-change suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00logging suspend suspend:
Linux mint13 3.2.0-29-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 27 17:03:23 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Module Size Used by
nouveau 774641 4
ttm 76949 1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper 46978 1 nouveau
drm 242038 6 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 13423 1 nouveau
mxm_wmi 12979 1 nouveau
pci_stub 12622 1
vboxpci 23200 0
vboxnetadp 13382 0
vboxnetflt 23441 0
vboxdrv 287082 3 vboxpci,vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
joydev 17693 0
rfcomm 47604 0
parport_pc 32866 0
bnep 18281 2
bluetooth 180104 10 rfcomm,bnep
ppdev 17113 0
dm_crypt 23125 1
binfmt_misc 17540 1
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 32474 4
uvcvideo 72627 0
videodev 98259 1 uvcvideo
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 17128 1 videodev
dell_wmi 12681 0
sparse_keymap 13890 1 dell_wmi
dell_laptop 18119 0
dcdbas 14490 1 dell_laptop
snd_hda_codec_idt 70795 1
lib80211_crypt_tkip 17390 0
psmouse 87692 0
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
serio_raw 13211 0
intel_ips 18174 0
wl 2568210 0
snd_rawmidi 30748 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_hda_intel 33773 5
snd_hda_codec 127706 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
lib80211 14381 2 lib80211_crypt_tkip,wl
snd_hwdep 13668 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 97188 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq 61896 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 14540 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd_timer 29990 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd 78855 20 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_timer
mac_hid 13253 0
soundcore 15091 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 18529 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
mei 41616 0
lp 17799 0
parport 46562 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
vesafb 13844 0
usbhid 47199 0
hid 99559 1 usbhid
r8169 62099 0
video 19596 1 nouveau
wmi 19256 2 mxm_wmi,dell_wmi
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 3911468 3634696 276772 0 138804 1883488
-/+ buffers/cache: 1612404 2299064
Swap: 4097020 2088 4094932

/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00logging suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00powersave suspend suspend:

/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00powersave suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/01PulseAudio suspend suspend:
Sessions still open, not unmounting
Sessions still open, not unmounting
Sessions still open, not unmounting
Welcome to PulseAudio! Use "help" for usage information.
>>> >>> Sessions still open, not unmounting
Welcome to PulseAudio! Use "help" for usage information.
>>> >>> Sessions still open, not unmounting
Sessions still open, not unmounting
Welcome to PulseAudio! Use "help" for usage information.
>>> >>> Sessions still open, not unmounting
Welcome to PulseAudio! Use "help" for usage information.
>>> >>> Sessions still open, not unmounting
Welcome to PulseAudio! Use "help" for usage information.
>>> >>> Sessions still open, not unmounting

/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/01PulseAudio suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /etc/pm/sleep.d/10_grub-common suspend suspend:

/etc/pm/sleep.d/10_grub-common suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /etc/pm/sleep.d/10_unattended-upgrades-hibernate suspend suspend:

/etc/pm/sleep.d/10_unattended-upgrades-hibernate suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/55NetworkManager suspend suspend:
Having NetworkManager put all interaces to sleep...Failed.

/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/55NetworkManager suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/60_wpa_supplicant suspend suspend:
Selected interface 'eth1'
OK

/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/60_wpa_supplicant suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/75modules suspend suspend:

/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/75modules suspend suspend: not applicable.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/90clock suspend suspend:

/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/90clock suspend suspend: not applicable.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/94cpufreq suspend suspend:

/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/94cpufreq suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95anacron suspend suspend:
stop: Unknown instance:

/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95anacron suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95hdparm-apm suspend suspend:

/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95hdparm-apm suspend suspend: not applicable.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95led suspend suspend:

/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95led suspend suspend: not applicable.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/98video-quirk-db-handler suspend suspend:
Kernel modesetting video driver detected, not using quirks.

/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/98video-quirk-db-handler suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99video suspend suspend:
kernel.acpi_video_flags = 0

/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99video suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /etc/pm/sleep.d/novatel_3g_suspend suspend suspend:

/etc/pm/sleep.d/novatel_3g_suspend suspend suspend: success.
Mon Sep 24 21:58:37 CLST 2012: performing suspend

[Oscar799]

Nadia is the name for Mint 14 - which won't be released for several months yet

[Brahim]

Try these steps only when the following command at the terminal doesn't work.



sudo shutdown -P now


If it works, no worries. Else, you need to try Step 1 and 2 along with the Note provided below. With these my shutdown problem is a thing of the past.


Step 1: Go to terminal and type


sudo gedit /etc/default/grub


It will open the grub file. Change the line
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" acpi=force apm=power_off
and close it after saving.


Step 2: Again hit the terminal and type


sudo gedit /etc/modules


It will open the modules - just type apm power_off=1 below lp and save the file.


Step 3: Next type in the terminal
sudo update-grub


Now the grub will be updated and you won't face any issue with shutdown.


This works like a charm in Ubuntu 11.04 with grub2. Hopefully it will work for other versions as well.


Addition on 14Nov2011:


In addition, you may need to modify ACPI configuration to enable smooth shutdown. To do so, type the following in the terminal.


sudo modprobe -rf rt2860sta
sudo modprobe rt2860sta
echo blacklist rt2800pci | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf


Once you restart your computer, your shutdown would be proper and things won't hang at shutdown.

This is caused by the switch to plymouth. You can get a patch for mountall from a ppa that will allow you to remove plymouth but this is not going to help this problem which is caused by libplymouth2.

You need libplymouth2.

You need to file a bug on this or find one that you can join;
Code:

ubuntu-bug libplymouth2