[ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K50IN] suspend/resume failure [non-free: nvidia]

[Anand]

Frustrating issues everywhere right from booting itself.

Says Alloc magic is broken.
Happens when connecting to external monitor. I am sure relates to GRUB

ProblemType: KernelOops
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: linux-image-3.13.0-19-generic 3.13.0-19.40
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-19.40-generic 3.13.6
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-19-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Annotation: This occured during a previous suspend and prevented it from resuming properly.
ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: anand 2092 F.... pulseaudio
Date: Tue Mar 25 00:55:23 2014
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/apport/apportcheckresume
Failure: suspend/resume
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=06701efe-03ad-4c2f-ad60-c6dd1a5144c3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-22 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140322)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.4
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f2:b071 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 2.0M UVC Webcam / CNF7129
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 003: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1a2c:0c21 China Resource Semico Co., Ltd
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K50IN
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/share/apport/apportcheckresume
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
ProcFB:

ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-19-generic root=UUID=6c5c9f3f-77a2-41ac-8fb7-7e9745b235ce 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-3.13.0-19-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-19-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.126
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
Title: [ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K50IN] suspend/resume failure [non-free: nvidia]
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 08/26/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 217
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: K50IN
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr217:bd08/26/2009:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnK50IN:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnK50IN:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: K50IN
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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[Anand (acpadhi-1)]

Not sure, what you meant by saying : This change was made by a bot.

This does happen. There are a lot of other issues that are happening also after today's update.

If there is someone listening, then I will post more details.

[Anand (acpadhi-1)]

I am using Fallback , but the following applies to Regular Unity Login too,

After Today's Update :

When trying to reboot with External Monitor connected, gives alloc magic is broken error.
Disconnecting the External Monitor's VGA cable boots up fine.

When connecting the external monitor after boot and after login, the display takes a long time to appear in external display, Looks as if the system is hanged up.

After login with external display, sometimes the Wirelss Network Functionality is gone and I cannot see any Wireless Cards in the network applet. Disabling and enabling network, does not do any good either and does not show up the Wireless connections as being available.

A couple of hit and trail attempts with monitor connected, disconnected, and then re-login shows up the Wifi Networks fine.

Overall GUI is slow after today's updates.

I was unable to switch back to Opensource Nvidia Driver. Previously I could disable the Nvidia Proprietary driver and switch to open source one, but now I can no longer do so.

If any more information is required, I can send details only after next 10 hours or so. Please let me know if there are any specific tests you would want me to do.

[Anand (acpadhi-1)]

Looks it could not update the nvidia driver after the kernel update released today in nighly builds.

dpkg configure -a resolved a few issues and I can now swtich between internal and external displays.

For the alloc magic error, I updated bios of the ASUS K50IN to the most recent one and it seems to have resolved it.

However, this is too bad if that is the solution. All versions of ubuntu including 13.10 and lower worked on this laptop without a glitch.

I would like to know what changed in 14.04 that it demanded a BIOS update. I will keep updating this thread as I find anything new

[Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)]

It renders the system temporarily or permanently unusable.

[Anand (acpadhi-1)]

Alberto Salvia Novella :
"It renders the system temporarily or permanently unusable."

What does it mean when you say that ? How makes it unusable ? Are you unable to boot ?
GUI Freezes ? I think if you provide more information it will help the developers figure it out quicker.

I would suggest you provide more details.