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cbecker78
April 7th, 2010, 05:00 PM
And then later reopened it. I then hit the power button, and here's what happened:

First time: I am greeted by a lock-screen, I select my user name, enter my password, hit enter, and wait. And wait. I finally switch to another tty, find and kill the process "gnome_screensaver", switch back to active x session, and can now continue where I left off.

Second time: I am greeted by a lock-screen, I select my user name, bang out my password, hit enter, and wait. And switch to another tty, kill the screensaver, switch back to active x session, and continue where I left off.

Third time: I am greeted by a lock-screen, I select my user name, bang out my password, and seconds later I am continuing where I left off. (haha! success!!!)

Fourth time: I am greeted by a lock-screen, I select my user name, bang out my password, hit enter, and...... switch to another tty (y me?), find and kill....

Fifth time: It boots with no lock screen in a matter of seconds and all is well!.... Until I notice that my processor temp is ~80 Deg C and no coaxing will turn the fan on /reboot.

Sixth time: I am greeted by a lock-screen... I hold my tongue out and slightly too the left, hop on one foot, pat my head with my right hand, rub my stomach with my left hand, bang out my password with my nose... and hit enter.... and switch to another tty and type "man MAGIC"

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Conclusion: If it is monday and my dresser clock is two minutes fast, and the time showing is an even number in binary, and it is slightly cloudy outside (but sunny in Madrid) AND I am drinking a cold cup of coffee... my computer will correctly return from a suspended state.

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uRock
April 7th, 2010, 05:05 PM
Have tried diagnosing this and fixing the problem? The fix may be easy. Anyway, if you were to start a thread in the proper sub-forum we could probably help you get this sorted out.

Cheers,
Ronnie

cbecker78
April 7th, 2010, 05:31 PM
Hi, thanks for the kind reply... I may try to sort this out sometime soon- though my brief search of the forum seemed to suggest closing the lid on a laptop is just not a good idea with Ubuntu/linux on some Laptop models. I have a vaguely prioritized list of things that need to be installed/addressed on my install, and this just hasn't made it to the top yet.

I intentionally chose this subforum since I really only wished to "vent" and describe my experience right now because I was very frustrated at the lack of consistency with this behaviour (old blogging habits die hard). I guess a moderator can remove this or place it somewhere else if they feel it appropriate.

I really have been enjoying the performance and flexibility of Ubuntu since making the switch from Windows about a month ago. With the exception of the resume-from-a-closed-lid issue and having to kill a few games I tried to load that my hardware wasn't designed to handle, I have seen exceptional stability from this OS.

Best Regards ~Chris

O:)