Public bug reported: To reproduce:
Install any Ubuntu on a Dell Inspiron 8600 with NVidia GeForce VGA controller. Suspend (ACPI S3) then try to resume. Result, a generally working computer with no display. This problem has been known for years, as has the solution. The VGA system needs to be subject to a POST after S3 resume to kick it back into life. The original solution was a program called postvga that could be scheduled for execuion on S3 resume. However SUSE 10.1 and Fedora Core 5 manage this automatically. On both of these distros, S3 suspend/resume works fine. This bug report is filed using a Dell Inspiron 8600 running SUSE 10.1. It would be running Ubuntu 6.06 save for this bug. Alistair ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- Resume after suspend fails on some NVidia-based laptops https://launchpad.net/bugs/65191 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs