[IBM 184348M] suspend/resume failure

[Stephen Angelico]

My laptop is an old Thinkpad R51e for which suspending does not work, with or without linux-firmware-nonfree. Without, calling a suspend would cause the laptop to fade the screen to black, flash the sleep light for a while, then be asleep for one second before waking up again without any trigger such as opening the lid or pressing a key. With linux-firmware-nonfree, calling a suspend causes a fade of the screen and the sleep light flashing as before, but the light keeps flashing and the fan keeps going for more time than I waited (at least 30 seconds), such that I did a hard shutdown.
Ubuntu version: 14.10 Utopic Unicorn (development branch) - UbuntuMATE Alpha 2
linux-firmware-non-free version: 1.16 (latest packaged at time of writing)

ProblemType: KernelOops
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: linux-image-3.16.0-10-generic 3.16.0-10.15
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-10.15-generic 3.16.1
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-10-generic i686
Annotation: This occured during a previous suspend and prevented it from resuming properly.
ApportVersion: 2.14.6-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
CRDA:
 country AU: DFS-UNSET
  (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20)
  (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (3, 23)
  (5250 - 5330 @ 40), (3, 23), DFS
  (5735 - 5835 @ 40), (3, 30)
Date: Fri Aug 29 00:55:44 2014
DuplicateSignature: suspend/resume:IBM 184348M:78ET36WW (1.07 )
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/apport/apportcheckresume
ExecutableTimestamp: 1408437800
Failure: suspend/resume
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=4d358988-246f-4712-afdf-d358ff67643c
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-27 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu MATE 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha i386 (20140731)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.4
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: IBM 184348M
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/share/apport/apportcheckresume
ProcCwd: /
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-10-generic root=UUID=dfec0088-7f1e-4ac6-a114-e68f5f95a911 ro quiet splash
PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.16.0-10-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.16.0-10-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.132
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
Title: [IBM 184348M] suspend/resume failure
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 10/31/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: IBM
dmi.bios.version: 78ET36WW (1.07 )
dmi.board.name: 184348M
dmi.board.vendor: IBM
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: IBM
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIBM:bvr78ET36WW(1.07):bd10/31/2005:svnIBM:pn184348M:pvrThinkPadR51e:rvnIBM:rn184348M:rvrNotAvailable:cvnIBM:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 184348M
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad R51e
dmi.sys.vendor: IBM

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v3.17 kernel[0].

If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'.

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the tag: 'kernel-bug-exists-upstream'.

If you are unable to test the mainline kernel, for example it will not boot, please add the tag: 'kernel-unable-to-test-upstream'.
Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug as "Confirmed".

Thanks in advance.

[0] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.17-rc2-utopic/

[Stephen Angelico (raaff35lightning)]

This bug can now be closed - I upgraded to kernel 3.16.0-11-generic after installing 3.17-rc2 but before rebooting. Due to my Debian-Ubuntu dual-boot system, I had to boot into Debian to update-grub, after which I booted into the default Ubuntu kernel, which was now 3.16.0-11-generic. In the nature of experimentation, I ordered a suspend, which worked just fine, though it takes a while. It doesn't take as long as I waited on kernel 3.16.0-10-generic, but it is a little bit annoying. Also, Hibernating works, but after suspending, instead of shutting down, it appears to reboot. This is probably a separate bug though, and I am happy to have this one closed and to open a new one.

[Stephen Angelico (raaff35lightning)]

It seems I spoke in haste. Suspending seems to work when on power, but on battery, it immediately un-suspends after suspending, exactly like the previous kernel without linux-firmware-nonfree.
I am mobile at the moment but when I get home I will try the 3.17-rc2 kernel.

[Stephen Angelico (raaff35lightning)]

I dint know what is going on here - I just rebooted, logged in and suspended, which worked as it did 7 hours ago. What happened was:
Settings: Lid closed - on power, blank screen; on battery, suspend.
The lid was closed while the laptop was on power (that's how I leave it at night). I had to take it in a hurry, with its power cord, so I unplugged the cord, and saw the sleep light start flashing. While I was packing the power cord into his case, I heard a beep for suspending, then 1 second later, another beep for unsuspending. I rebooted when I had time, suspended and it succeeded.
I haven't tested whether there is a difference between closing the lid and pressing Fn-F4 (Thinkpad suspend trigger, seems to be the sleep button mentioned on the General tab in mate-power-preferences).

[Stephen Angelico (raaff35lightning)]

Initial experimentation - only the first suspend works. The second time, it suspends and then un-suspends immediately. The third time, it blanks the screen and flashes the sleep light until I run out of patience and do a hard shutdown. I don't know if the attached log was attached initially, but it may have more info now.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Stephen Angelico, as per http://download.lenovo.com/express/ddfm.html an update to your BIOS is available (1.61). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BiosUpdate does it change anything? If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date

Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. As well, you don't have to create a new bug report. As well, you don't have to create a new bug report.

For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette .

Once the BIOS is updated, then please mark this report Status Confirmed.

Thank you for your understanding.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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