Comment 8 for bug 538521

this bug is fixed for a while on my machine that uses intel graphic card

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 7:33 PM, oraslaci <email address hidden> wrote:

> I'm also affected by this bug, and I have an nvidia card.
> Also when switching to another user, after logging out,
> the same issue shows up.
>
>
> ** Attachment added: "lshw.txt"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/44254128/lshw.txt
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> Lucid freeze after close lid
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/538521
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> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: New
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> Bug description:
> sony vaio vgn-n29vn
> OS: Ubuntu Lucid Latest
>
> If I manually hit ctrl + alt + del (then I got a shutdown dialog)--> sleep
> , my laptop can really go to sleep(suspend to ram) correctly.
>
> The setting in power manager is close lid to sleep. But when I actually
> close the lid, my laptop doesn't go to sleep. I can only see the hard disk
> light flash quite a short while then the power light is still on and keeps
> green. (when my vaio sleeps, the power light keeps flashing in orange.) So,
> apparently it's not sleeping. Then I open the lid, I only got a black
> screen. I try to move my mouse, nothing happen. I press some keys, still
> nothing happen. I tried to press ctrl-alt-F(1-6), unfortunatly, I can't even
> switch to any other tty.
>
> I even tried this method "Reboot Even If System Utterly Broken"
>
> http://mark.koli.ch/2009/02/linux-magic-sysrq-key-r-e-i-s-u-b-reboot-even-if-system-utterly-broken.html
> It's surprised to know that even this method can't reboot my laptop.
>
> Finally, I have to press my power button till my laptop shutdown. This
> happens every single time I close my laptop lid.
> I have never experience this issue in Ubuntu Karmic and Ubuntu Jaunty.
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