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g33kb0ard3r
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 27, 2024 6:29 pm    Post subject: Dell inspiron 1520 suspend to RAM problems Reply with quote

I'm having troubles waking my computer up from suspend to RAM only after it has sat awhile.

If I wake it up right away, it works correctly every time. If I let it sit for probably 5 minutes or more, there is a high likelyhood of it just dying when I open up the lid.

Could this be caused by cheap RAM? I know Dell likes to use the absolutely cheapest parts they can find (as evidenced why both ethernet and wireless devices are broadcoms- still haven't gotten around to getting ethernet working...).

Using Slackware 12.2 with this script run manually as root:

Code:
#!/bin/bash

NETWORK=`iwconfig wlan0 | grep ESSID | awk '{print $4}'`

hwclock --directisa --localtime --systohc
echo -n mem > /sys/power/state
hwclock --directisa --localtime --hctosys
if [ $NETWORK != 'ESSID:off/any' ]; then
   networks.sh $NETWORK
fi


So what do you think is the cause of this? Anything I'm doing wrong in my script?



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 27, 2024 7:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Had the same problem for a while on my Studio 15 and Inspiron 1525's. For both, it was the Xorg version, specifically the Intel video drivers. Recent updates seem to have fixed them, they seem to be working fine now.



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 27, 2024 8:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

But how can that be if I'm not running an X server at the time?



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 27, 2024 9:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

then your issue and my issue is totally different. Very Happy



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 29, 2024 1:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bummer...Sad

Anyways... Anyone have any thoughts on the subject?



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 17, 2024 2:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have same problems...
I have Dell Inspiron 1525 bought in Serbia...
Suspend to ram is somehow broken.
If i suspend to ram for short period of time it resumes ok.
But if i leave it suspended for more than 6h it will never turn on...
When i open the lid i only hear fan for 2-3 seconds and then nothing...
Screen backlight is off...


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PostPosted: Wed Feb 17, 2024 4:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Welcome in bobe84!

You did not report your operating system. Perhaps if you are running Windows (I shudder at the thought), the issue is independent of the OS.



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 19, 2024 11:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yesss, i forgot to write down os...
I'm using Ubuntu 9.04, 9.10 i386 + also KDE.
I installed Win7 to try it and for 3 days my laptop seems to be resuming ok from sleep.
Also tried xorg-edgers and 2.9.1 intel driver it is all same Sad...

So next thing is im going to install ubuntu 8.04 to see...

Do you have any sugestions?


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PostPosted: Fri Feb 19, 2024 11:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

With Ubuntu almost every time i try to resume in morning it is failure...
With Windows 3 days now, everything works fine...
Somehow i think this problem is some mix of software and hardware quirks...
I tried newer bioses everything , but im stuck at A08 because it is only one that works fine with my 9cell battery.(with other bioses my battery is working ok until it reaches 25% of it charge, seconds after bios reports my battery is critically low and shuts down my computer same thing in win and lin)
So i use A08 with older version of VBIOS 1518, A09 uses 1566 VBIOS ver, but i didnt find any difference about that.
I tried also loading intel cpu microcode... no difference (CPU is C2D T7250)
I can post lspci so if u can suggest to remove some of drivers, maybe they are causing this locks...
After resume backlight is not turned on, that is whay i suspect some issues with graphics...

Any sugestions are welcome... Smile


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PostPosted: Sat Feb 20, 2024 12:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

DellLinuxWiki wrote:
Ubuntu 7.10/Issues/Resume from Suspend Broken with newer BIOS
Description: Resume from suspend broken with newer BIOS.
Systems Affected: Inspiron 1525n.
Impact: System will not resume after suspending system.
Workaround: Don't upgrade system BIOS to A09 or above.
Fix: None at this time. Dell is working to fix issue.


You could try building a Dell factory Ubuntu ISO which ought to work



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 20, 2024 12:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I also read that, i use A08 bios because of battery issue.
Anyway im going to try 8.04 to see how it will work...


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PostPosted: Sat Feb 20, 2024 12:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Let us know how it goes Smile



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 20, 2024 2:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Strangely enough i tried 8.04.3 and everything works fine as far i can see...
Resuming normal...
Only difference i can see is that 8.04 uses very old intel driver and no kms, also older X.
Im now running 9.10 without kms to see how that will work...
Did anyone encounter some problems with sleep with ubuntu 9.10 and GMAX3100?


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 21, 2024 1:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Strangely enough i disabled KMS with kernel boot parameter i915.modeset=0, and resuming from suspend problems seems gone!!!
Im even running new kernel 32.8 because ath9k driver improvements in .32 and it seems that there are no problems with suspend/resume. Biggest problem is i couldn't find same problems on forums. Nobody seems to complain for dell 1525n and 9.04 9.10 ubuntu.

Should i post some bugs and where?


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 21, 2024 1:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Welcome, bobe84. You have been very helpful by posting your findings.
Not sure where the best place is to post your bug reports as this is a new subject to me.
(I'm a leave-the-room-turn-out-the-light kind of person.) Smile
I would think this issue has more than 1 culprit, though.



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