Re: Can't hibernate/suspend or play video
On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 12:50:04 PM UTC-8, JMB wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been having a problem over the last couple months or so.
> Periodically, something will happen and I will not be able to suspend or
> hibernate my machine, and it's always accompanied with an inability to
> play video (any attempts to play video - with vlc or mpv - ends up in
> crashing or just black screens). I initially thought this had something
> to do with an hourly TRIM script I was running, so I deleted it, but the
> same issues occurred this morning. The symptoms are always cured by
> simply restarting the machine but the sickness always comes back within
> a few days or so. I have no idea what's causing this so if I can't find
> out anything fruitful, the only solution I have so far is to simply
> change or re-install my OS.
>
> Some information on my machine:
> Thinkpad T420
> Linux kernel: 3.2.0-4-686-pae
> Debian version: Debian 3.2.65-1+deb7u1 i686 GNU/Linux
>
> If you need any more information just ask and I'll try to provide it.
> Any advice or suggestions is much appreciated. Thank you.
>
>
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This sound like a video card (driver) issue to me. Are you able to SSH into the machine after you get a black screen? Alternatively, have you checked /var/log/Xorg.0.log?
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