Laptop lid is doing funny things.

poepoe · 2016-03-01 02:21:16

Just made the switch from #! a week or so a go, and im loving the new environment! But, it seems like every once and a while I'll lift my laptops screen - login, and my hard drive will spin down and the sreen goes blank. If I close the lid and open it again, it will stay dark. If I tap the power button it goes to my desktop and asks for an authentication to susspend, or it will turn off the computer entirly.

I'm not sure what sort of relevnt information to include. I really havent done much beyond the initial install, apart from some IceWeasel configuring.

Any and all help is greatly apreciated, if theres already a post regarding this please point me in its direction!

Horizon_Brave · 2016-03-01 02:38:59

Could be an issue with the display manager combination of lightdm and light-locker.

Are you running openbox or xfce?

If you do a

man light-locker

you can try using the --lock-on-suspend option in the light-locker conf file? But let's hear back from someone else more knowledgeable than I about this...I don't want to break your system either...I'm still very shaky on my knowledge of power management and locking etc...

poepoe · 2016-03-01 02:54:07

I'm not sure what any of those functions do, I'll just hang out until someone has another suggestion, thank you though. I'm assuming its the default, openbox, I'm using - right?

Last edited by poepoe (2016-03-01 03:18:43)

ohnonot · 2016-03-02 07:20:19

while hanging out, you could use the search function of the forums.
similar issues have been reported.

poepoe · 2016-03-02 22:47:11

What is going on with my laptop? I would love to search for it, but every atempt is fruitless becasue my search terms are too broad. I'm not sure where to begin, I'm very inexperienced.

Horizon_Brave · 2016-03-02 23:16:53

You are running this on bare hardware right? You're not running in a VM (I.E virtualbox)

Can you try running:

systemd-inhibit

and post the output?

ohnonot · 2016-03-03 16:27:50

issues with light-locker and suspend and resume have been reported, discussed and solved.

but i see that this doesn't fit your situation 100%.

i once had a laptop doing similar things.
that's archlinux but might still help.

in any case, some info about your machine would be forthcoming, e.g. the output of

lspci -k

Last edited by ohnonot (2021-07-04 06:38:09)

poepoe · 2016-03-04 22:13:51

Horizon_Brave wrote:

You are running this on bare hardware right? You're not running in a VM (I.E virtualbox)
Can you try running:
systemd-inhibit 
and post the output?

Who: xfce4-power-manager (UID 1000/poepoe, PID 961/xfce4-power-man)
    What: handle-power-key:handle-suspend-key:handle-hibernate-key
     Why: xfce4-power-manager handles these events
    Mode: block

     Who: NetworkManager (UID 0/root, PID 620/NetworkManager)
    What: sleep
     Why: NetworkManager needs to turn off networks
    Mode: delay

poepoe · 2016-03-04 22:16:49

ohnonot wrote:

issues with light-locker and suspend and resume have been reported, discussed and solved.
but i see that this doesn't fit your situation 100%.
i once had a laptop doing similar things.
that's archlinux but might still help.
in any case, some info about your machine would be forthcoming, e.g. the output of
lspci -k

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 0597
	Kernel driver in use: ivb_uncore
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 0597
	Kernel driver in use: i915
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 0597
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 0597
	Kernel driver in use: mei_me
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 0597
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 0597
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 0597
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM76 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 0597
	Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 0597
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 0597
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 0597
	Kernel driver in use: r8169
02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 020c
	Kernel driver in use: ath9k

ohnonot · 2016-03-06 04:53:16

nothing seems to be wrong with your lspci output, but i must admit that i was very tired when i requested it; it isn't too relevant to your problem.

i think the problem is ACPI related, and maybe systemd interfering with other components of the system.

you will have to roll up your mind's sleeves and get down into the gritty innards of your system.
sorry, there's just no way around it.

my suggestions, in no particular order:

- disable light-locker completely, because it has been confusing people (this is 100% optional)

- search debian wiki for acpi and maybe other things. maybe also debian forums.

- try different acpi-related kernel boot options, and if something works, make it permanent (instructions for both are easily to be found in above resources or on the great wild web)

- ALWAYS keep complete track of what you're changing so you know what's going on, can undo it, and can easily give detailed reports on this help thread

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