[Swlug] REISUB issue continues

Sat Jun 7 13:30:58 UTC 2025

I'll have to pause investigation on this for a few weeks. My flight is later today. 

I had the REISUB resolved but then when I rebooted after powering my laptop down for a few hours, saved edit of the file had gone back to the original. Given that the appearance of this issue (which doesn't stop me booting every single time) and the problem with Microsoft somehow having sneaked something nasty onto my system along with Skype that makes me need to enter my hotmail password every time, it makes me think the two are related. Maybe the system freezes are also related?

I hope this does not necessitate a clean install but it's looking like it. Something to (not) look forward to on my return to the land of the holy dollar from Starmer's Hell

Rhys Sage

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I did some more digging and found the problem with the new laptop (and it i=
s probably the same on the old one) was here:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=3D"quiet splash"

I changed it to:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=3D"quiet splash mem_sleep_default=3Ddeep"

That seems to have solved my REISUB issue.

With the Chromium issue, I deleted all the extensions bar the ad blocker. A=
s I'm asked for the skype/hotmail/msn teams password before Chromium shows =
up but after I click the Chromium icon, I'm wondering whether Microsoft has=
inserted some of their toxic software somehow.

On another issue.. I had a Chromebook that failed to take Linux and which h=
as been sitting, bricked, in the shed for a few years. I'd bring it out and=
have a go at replacing chromeos then fail again and put it back. I succeed=
ed yesterday. If I can get the apps on it that I need then I'll probably br=
ing that rather than the usual miscellany of electronics when I head to Wal=
es tomorrow.

Rhys Sage

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I'm using my new Asus L210M laptop. I cloned the drive from my e203ma and s=
ome of the issues I had on the e203ma that I had which had me questioning h=
ardware integrity are continuing.

It's not recovering from case closed suspend. I have to do alt print sc rei=
sub. This might be tied into Chromium. That has been asking me to enter my =
hotmail password for a while even though Skype is long since removed.

Any suggestions on diagnosis of the problem and resolution?

Rhys Sage

On Thu, 5 Jun 2025, 18:00 Rhys Sage via Swlug, <swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk> w=
rote:
> I'm using my new Asus L210M laptop. I cloned the drive from my e203ma and=
some of the issues I had on the e203ma that I had which had me questioning=
hardware integrity are continuing.
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> It's not recovering from case closed suspend. I have to do alt print sc r=
eisub. This might be tied into Chromium. That has been asking me to enter m=
y hotmail password for a while even though Skype is long since removed.
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> Any suggestions on diagnosis of the problem and resolution?

Look in the system log to see what it says.=C2=A0

Colin L

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Rhys,

For the chromium/hotmail password issue, which may not be related to suspen=
d problems, I'd suggest: (a) see if the issue goes away if you always use F=
irefox instead of Chromium for a few days (just to verify it really is Chro=
mium-related!); (b) disable or remove any/all addons/extensions/etc to Chro=
mium you may have accidentally left enabled, browse to under chrome://exten=
sions to check for those; (c) try starting Chromium from the command line a=
s=20

=C2=A0 /usr/bin/chromium --temp-profile &

which should start it with a new temporary profile (which it will throw awa=
y when you exit Chromium, so this is a test, not a long term solution!) ;

(d) try running Chromium as a newly-created test user, so that it will have=
a new clean user profile, and see if the issue is still there.=C2=A0 If no=
t, you could consider exporting all your bookmarks, then nuking your Chromi=
um profile for your real user (there is a manage profiles menu item somewhe=
re in Chromium's menus!), and then re-importing your bookmarks.=C2=A0 (e) A=
s a last resort you could try purging Chromium (sudo apt-get purge chromium=
) and then deleting everything under ~/.config/chromium/ and ~/.cache/chrom=
ium for your real user, then reinstall Chromium (sudo apt-get install chrom=
ium) -- be prepared to lose all your Chromium customizations and settings i=
f you do that!

I think the suspend/resume issue may be trickier, and possibly rather hardw=
are specific.=C2=A0 It's pretty rare on newer hardware, though -- how old i=
s your "new" laptop?=20

[Another thought: If you do my option (e) above with chromium, then you cou=
ld try rebooting after the sudo apt-purge chromium, and then testing suspen=
d/resume functionality, to see whether the two issues really are related, b=
efore you reinstall chromium. ]

Hoping all this at least gives you some ideas!

Jonathan
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=C2=A0 jmarsden at fastmail.fm

On Thu, 5 Jun 2025, at 17:58, Rhys Sage via Swlug wrote:
> I'm using my new Asus L210M laptop. I cloned the drive from my e203ma=20
> and some of the issues I had on the e203ma that I had which had me=20
> questioning hardware integrity are continuing.
>
> It's not recovering from case closed suspend. I have to do alt print sc=
=20
> reisub. This might be tied into Chromium. That has been asking me to=20
> enter my hotmail password for a while even though Skype is long since=20
> removed.
>
> Any suggestions on diagnosis of the problem and resolution?
>
> Rhys Sage
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On Fri, 6 Jun 2025 at 15:49, Rhys Sage via Swlug
<swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>
> With the Chromium issue, I deleted all the extensions bar the ad blocker.=
As I'm asked for the skype/hotmail/msn teams password before Chromium show=
s up but after I click the Chromium icon, I'm wondering whether Microsoft h=
as inserted some of their toxic software somehow.

Sounds more like the integration with the desktop keyring, which gets
tickled before the UI does. KDE/Plasma? GNOME? I had some problems
years ago as Plasma was iterating quickly and Chromium builds weren't
in sync. 'chromium --password-store=3Dbasic' used to bypass the desktop
keyring.

Daniel

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