Bigbro's foray into the scary world of blogging
Since moving to Ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10 I've had repeated problems with my Dell D430 being able to suspend. One of the things that Apple got right with their laptops was that when you close the lid, the computer goes to sleep and it wakes up again ready for use upon opening the lid again. I used to enjoy similar functionality on my Dell D430 until moving to the more recent versions of Ubuntu - which is a real pity. I always hate to see regression instead of progression, particularly when it comes to open source.
I thought the issues were resolved finally until a large update was issued which my laptop installed on 1st May 2010, and now I'm back to a laptop that I have to shut down to move about again - no suspend for me. This makes the laptop significantly less useful and is pushing me (and others) towards replacing portable hardware with Apple products, since they just work. I can't speak for the world in general, but I and the people I regularly deal with don't have time to deal with intermittently faulty systems and laptops that may or may not lock up when you shut the lid (losing any work that was not saved.)
I'll try and provide a better bug report to Ubuntu, but as a reminder to myself, the following update was what has killed suspend again. Also, if you're a Dell D430 owner running Ubuntu 9.10, DO NOT grab the latest updates!
I have installed 10.04 (Lucid) on a D420 but I can't say I've tested it properly yet. I'll get around to putting it on the D430 shortly - and hopefully will be posting a good news story about how suspend works again and proper regression testing has been instituted such that it doesn't get broken again.
Aptitude 0.4.11.11: log report
Sat, May 1 2010 12:35:10 +0100
IMPORTANT: this log only lists intended actions; actions which fail due to
dpkg problems may not be completed.
Will install 34 packages, and remove 0 packages.
172MB of disk space will be used
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[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] linux-headers-2.6.31-21
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] linux-headers-2.6.31-21-generic
[INSTALL] linux-image-2.6.31-21-generic
[UPGRADE] aisleriot 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu1 -> 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu3
[UPGRADE] compiz 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2 -> 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2.1
[UPGRADE] compiz-core 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2 -> 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2.1
[UPGRADE] compiz-gnome 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2 -> 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2.1
[UPGRADE] compiz-plugins 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2 -> 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2.1
[UPGRADE] compiz-wrapper 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2 -> 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2.1
[UPGRADE] glchess 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu1 -> 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu3
[UPGRADE] glines 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu1 -> 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu3
[UPGRADE] gnect 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu1 -> 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu3
[UPGRADE] gnibbles 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu1 -> 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu3
[UPGRADE] gnobots2 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu1 -> 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu3
[UPGRADE] gnome-blackjack 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu1 -> 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu3
[UPGRADE] gnome-games 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu1 -> 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu3
[UPGRADE] gnome-games-common 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu1 -> 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu3
[UPGRADE] gnome-mahjongg 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu1 -> 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu3
[UPGRADE] gnome-sudoku 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu1 -> 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu3
[UPGRADE] gnometris 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu1 -> 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu3
[UPGRADE] gnomine 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu1 -> 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu3
[UPGRADE] gnotravex 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu1 -> 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu3
[UPGRADE] gnotski 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu1 -> 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu3
[UPGRADE] gtali 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu1 -> 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu3
[UPGRADE] iagno 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu1 -> 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu3
[UPGRADE] libdecoration0 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2 -> 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2.1
[UPGRADE] libpq5 8.4.3-0ubuntu9.10 -> 8.4.3-0ubuntu9.10.1
[UPGRADE] linux-generic 2.6.31.20.33 -> 2.6.31.21.34
[UPGRADE] linux-headers-generic 2.6.31.20.33 -> 2.6.31.21.34
[UPGRADE] linux-image-generic 2.6.31.20.33 -> 2.6.31.21.34
[UPGRADE] linux-libc-dev 2.6.31-20.58 -> 2.6.31-21.59
[UPGRADE] same-gnome 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu1 -> 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu3
[UPGRADE] tzdata 2010h-0ubuntu0.9.10 -> 2010i-0ubuntu0.9.10
[UPGRADE] tzdata-java 2010h-0ubuntu0.9.10 -> 2010i-0ubuntu0.9.10
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Log complete.
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