This isn’t Kubuntu specific, but about Linux in general.
I have two HP netbooks, both ten years old, both similar models, with similar hardware. They have performed flawlessly over the years with various linux distros.
Back in March I wiped both netbooks and installed Lubuntu, so I could donate them to a church school.
Due to COVID, the church school shutdown, and the netbooks were not needed and returned to me.
Outside of both computers having completely discharged batteries (they sat unplugged for four months) they had no damage.
I installed a SSD in one of them and installed a low resource distro. After finishing installing, I noticed that the netbook would not come out of sleep mode when opening the cover. The only way to get the OS to come back up was to disconnect the AC adapter and remove the battery.
The netbook did this consistently, so I assumed that it couldn’t handle the SSD (256GB 6Gb/s). I installed the original hard drive, with the Lubuntu I had on there for the school. After rebooting a couple of times, the netbook started to do the same behavior, not come back up after opening the screen (fans would work, lights on the keyboard, but no response when pressing keys, and no display on the monitor).
I wiped the Lubuntu, and found another low resource distro. After installation, the behavior resumed.
Assuming there was a hardware problem, I moved over to the second netbook. Installing the same low resource distro (Q4OS) the same behavior starting happening on the second netbook.
Trying one more distro (Bodhi) the behavior returned. Both netbooks will not resume when opening the lid. Keys are unresponsive, no display, and the only way to recover is to unplug and remove the battery.
So what would have happened that two identical netbooks that had no issues, now are BOTH displaying the same resume from sleep problem, across multiple distros?
I have two HP netbooks, both ten years old, both similar models, with similar hardware. They have performed flawlessly over the years with various linux distros.
Back in March I wiped both netbooks and installed Lubuntu, so I could donate them to a church school.
Due to COVID, the church school shutdown, and the netbooks were not needed and returned to me.
Outside of both computers having completely discharged batteries (they sat unplugged for four months) they had no damage.
I installed a SSD in one of them and installed a low resource distro. After finishing installing, I noticed that the netbook would not come out of sleep mode when opening the cover. The only way to get the OS to come back up was to disconnect the AC adapter and remove the battery.
The netbook did this consistently, so I assumed that it couldn’t handle the SSD (256GB 6Gb/s). I installed the original hard drive, with the Lubuntu I had on there for the school. After rebooting a couple of times, the netbook started to do the same behavior, not come back up after opening the screen (fans would work, lights on the keyboard, but no response when pressing keys, and no display on the monitor).
I wiped the Lubuntu, and found another low resource distro. After installation, the behavior resumed.
Assuming there was a hardware problem, I moved over to the second netbook. Installing the same low resource distro (Q4OS) the same behavior starting happening on the second netbook.
Trying one more distro (Bodhi) the behavior returned. Both netbooks will not resume when opening the lid. Keys are unresponsive, no display, and the only way to recover is to unplug and remove the battery.
So what would have happened that two identical netbooks that had no issues, now are BOTH displaying the same resume from sleep problem, across multiple distros?
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