Note: When the problem occurred and the apport bug report was created, the non-free wl module was loaded (compiled from bcmwl-kernel-source) to enable the Broadcom wifi. However, the same problem happens after removing the wl module and rebooting.
On this machine, suspend/resume has worked in released Ubuntu versions since its purchase mid-2009, when IIRC it received a development version install of Karmic (9.10). Hibernate/resume worked just as reliably. The latest fresh install was Oneiric (11.10), later upgraded to Precise (12.04) after release. The machine usually ran the proprietary NVidia graphics drivers, therefore I am unsure if suspend/hibernate/resume also worked with the nouveau drivers (however I seem to remember so).
I now performed a reinstall with 12.04.1 (using the BIOS image, not the EFI image) and immediately upgraded to Quantal. (For some reason I could not make Quantal CDs boot). The machine is now using the nouveau drivers because currently the backlight adjustment does not work with NVidia drivers.
In Quantal with nouveau, resume from suspend never worked for me. When going into suspended state all at first appears fine. However, the machine does not resume properly. When trying to resume, the fan and optical drive starts, however the screen remains black and I can't tell if its responsive. I pressed the power button for 5 seconds and the machine rebooted fine. After logging in, an apport prompt appeared, from which I created this bug report.
I don't know about hibernate since due to using an encrypted home directory it is not available anymore.
WORKAROUND: Resume works correctly with the proprietary nvidia-current drivers.
ProblemType: KernelOops
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: linux-image-3.5.0-15-generic 3.5.0-15.22
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.22-generic 3.5.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Annotation: This occured during a previous suspend and prevented it from resuming properly.
ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: mario 2337 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
Date: Mon Sep 24 09:05:58 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/apport/apportcheckresume
Failure: suspend/resume
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=58df2950-5d89-42a8-a44c-3bf5410313aa
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.2mu
MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookPro5,4
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/share/apport/apportcheckresume
ProcEnviron:
TERM=linux
PATH=(custom, no user)
ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-15-generic root=UUID=1f4ef214-a70d-44ac-8515-2d4234f32e38 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-15-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-15-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.93
RfKill:
0: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
Title: [Apple Inc. MacBookPro5,4] suspend/resume failure [non-free: wl]
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-15 (8 days ago)
UserGroups:
dmi.bios.date: 06/15/09
dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.bios.version: MBP53.88Z.00AC.B03.0906151647
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag#
dmi.board.name: Mac-F22587A1
dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.board.version: MacBookPro5,4
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag#
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Mac-F22587A1
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBP53.88Z.00AC.B03.0906151647:bd06/15/09:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro5,4:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-F22587A1:rvrMacBookPro5,4:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-F22587A1:
dmi.product.name: MacBookPro5,4
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.
Possibly similar to LP #1027828