you should use sudo su and then echo disabled.

you can also make a script in /etc/pm/sleep.d/ with:
#!/bin/bash
echo disabled >/sys/bus/usb/devices/.../power/wakeup

2010/5/2 cmavr8 <email address hidden>

> No! it should be in /etc/udev/rules.d!
>
> I get a "permission denied" every time I try to manually echo
> "disabled"!
>
> Why does it work on SOME people only?
> I have a really long flight next saturday and I need suspend on my laptop!
>
> --
> cannot suspend usb devices on lucid
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515109
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> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> when i put computer in sleep mode this is the dmesg:
>
> [  380.876233] PM: Syncing filesystems ... done.
> [  380.905949] PM: Preparing system for mem sleep
> [  380.905955] Freezing user space processes ... (elapsed 0.00 seconds)
> done.
> [  380.907775] Freezing remaining freezable tasks ... (elapsed 0.00
> seconds) don
> e.
> [  380.907943] PM: Entering mem sleep
> [  380.907959] Suspending console(s) (use no_console_suspend to debug)
> [  380.980055] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Synchronizing SCSI cache
> [  381.288204] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Stopping disk
> [  383.780171] pm_op(): usb_dev_suspend+0x0/0x20 returns -16
> [  383.780175] PM: Device usb1 failed to suspend: error -16
> [  383.780177] PM: Some devices failed to suspend
> [  383.780369] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Starting disk
> [  385.674724] PM: resume devices took 1.890 seconds
> [  385.674736] PM: Finishing wakeup.
> [  385.674738] Restarting tasks ... done.
>
> I removed all usb device, but problem persist
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
> Architecture: amd64
> AudioDevicesInUse:
>  USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>  /dev/snd/controlC0:  daniele    2596 F.... pulseaudio
> Card0.Amixer.info:
>  Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xc0000000 irq 17'
>   Mixer name   : 'Realtek ALC883'
>   Components   : 'HDA:10ec0883,10250000,00100002
> HDA:14f12bfa,10250093,00090000'
>   Controls      : 25
>   Simple ctrls  : 15
> Date: Sun Jan 31 13:23:08 2010
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
> HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=4dda44f8-4af3-48ee-a792-83453ef293e5
> Lsusb:
>  Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth
> Dongle (HCI mode)
>  Bus 002 Device 004: ID 046d:c00e Logitech, Inc. M-BJ58/M-BJ69 Optical
> Wheel Mouse
>  Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>  Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0402:5602 ALi Corp. Video Camera Controller
>  Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> MachineType: Acer Aspire 9300
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: linux-image-2.6.32-12-generic 2.6.32-12.16
> PccardctlIdent:
>  Socket 0:
>   no product info available
> PccardctlStatus:
>  Socket 0:
>   no card
> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-12-generic
> root=UUID=793246ac-c5ff-421b-a508-052d57cca90c ro rootfstype=ext4 quiet
> splash
> ProcEnviron:
>  LANGUAGE=it_IT.UTF-8
>  PATH=(custom, user)
>  LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-12.16-generic
> Regression: Yes
> RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.28
> Reproducible: Yes
> SourcePackage: linux
> TestedUpstream: No
> Uname: Linux 2.6.32-12-generic x86_64
> WpaSupplicantLog:
>
> dmi.bios.date: 12/13/2006
> dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
> dmi.bios.version: V1.14
> dmi.board.name: Myallm
> dmi.board.vendor: Acer
> dmi.board.version: Rev
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: None
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
> dmi.chassis.version: N/A
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrV1.14:bd12/13/2006:svnAcer:pnAspire9300:pvr0100:rvnAcer:rnMyallm:rvrRev:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A:
> dmi.product.name: Aspire 9300
> dmi.product.version: 0100
> dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
>
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