[ltp] suspend issues: faulty lid switch?

[Jeffrey L. Taylor]

Quoting Jeffrey L. Taylor <jeff@abluz.dyndns.org>:
> Quoting Matt Price <moptop99@gmail.com>:
> > Hi everyone,
> > 
> > I'm new to the group but have been using Thinkpads for a long time. I'm
> > currently running a GNOME desktop with Arch Linux on a T440s, and a
> > longstanding intermittent problem with suspend has become much much worse
> > in the last few months.
> > 
> > In the past, I had occasional issues where my laptop would fail to wake
> > from suspend, andn eeded to be "hard" reset with the reset button (hte
> > pinhole on the bototm of hte laptop). Since there's an internal battery, I
> > also had to take apart the laptop and disconnect the battery for the reset
> > to work.  At first this happened about once a month; when it became more
> > frequent, about once a week, I diconnected the internal battery completely
> > to make this easier.
> > 
> [snip]
> 
> To help isolate the problem, try suspending from a root command line (s2ram)
> or use the desktop environment menus.  I find this reliable.  Just closing the
> lib often puts it in a state where it won't wake up.  I don't think I've seen
[oops]
> the wakeup while closed, but I'm not positive.
[oops]
> 
> This is on OpenSuSE 1.31 and a T520.
> 
> HTH,
>   Jeffrey
> 
> P.S. I'll try closing and opening the lid, then look at the system logs.
> Thanks for noticing the multiple events.