"pm-suspend" and now my computer is unresponsive

[balan]

I've been trying to figure out how to get my Zen-mini system to properly hibernate and in the process tried the "pm-suspend" command, but that seems to have been ill-advised as now I'm looking at a blank screen which seems to be unresponsive to all input from keyboard or mouse--though the fan is running.  Powering down and back up manually brings me back to
the same spot.  Any ideas about how to end the gridlock?  Thanks.

[MBantz]

I'm having the same issue right now with fully updated Zen, though I successfully as root ran pm-hibernate and it worked fine twice. Incorporating this into a script (for mythtv) same issue happened here - black screen but I have a blinking cursor top left - but system completely unresponsive (have not tried sysctrl-reisub reset though),

testing pm-hibernate and pm-suspend some more tomorrow

EDIT: after a hard reset system is starting normally

[Ramchu]

Reboot into safe mode
Open a terminal su to root
type root password and press enter
then type XFDrake and press enter

then check your video card settings or set it up again.

then reboot

Don't know if this will help but shouldn't hurt.

[Roc4fun]

I've had off and on luck with kernels and suspend.  One will work perfectly, the next is broken.

I've gone back to using s2ram.  It's in the repo.

For convenience, I've made a launcher in my panel.  Here is the launcher command...

"sudo s2ram -f -s"

and I've included the following in my /etc/sudoers file...

"ALL ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/s2ram"

Suspends perfectly and wakes with keyboard input.

Dave

[Ozdemon]

I've had off and on luck with kernels and suspend.  One will work perfectly, the next is broken.

I've gone back to using s2ram.  It's in the repo.

For convenience, I've made a launcher in my panel.  Here is the launcher command...

"sudo s2ram -f -s"

and I've included the following in my /etc/sudoers file...

"ALL ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/s2ram"

Suspends perfectly and wakes with keyboard input.

Dave

Thanks Dave, I tried this and the launcher certainly puts my netbook to sleep, but I cannot wake it up with keyboard input.  I can make it resume by pressing the power button, but all I get is a black screen.

[Roc4fun]

Hi Ozdemon,  There are a number of flags one can use with s2ram.  Read through this and see if it is any help.  If some other combination of flags works for you, you'll have to modify your launcher accordingly.

http://tr.opensuse.org/S2ram

Another thought, your bios may have some settings related to suspend and waking.  Make sure your keyboard wake is enabled.


HTH,

Dave

[Ozdemon]

Thanks Dave, I will give your suggestions a try.