[NBLUG/talk] Ubuntu 12.04->14.04 upgrade gone awry

[Alex Kleider]

On 2014-08-30 10:06, Omar Eljumaily wrote:
> One of your problems seems to be a bug.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xubuntu-default-settings/+bug/1303736
In the bug described there, the computer is responsive but the screen is 
blank;
In my scenario, the screen is on but keyboard and mouse are 
unresponsive- the exact opposite!
There is no /var/log/messages in my file system.
I'll try playing with settings as you suggest.

> 
> The popups sound suspiciously like something to do with the
> sleep/suspend mechanism.  If you change the settings so it never goes
> to sleep do the messages go away?
> 
> What do your logs say?  I'm not well versed with Ubuntu internals, so
> I don't know which ones I'd look in.  In Redhat/Centos I'd look in
> /var/log/messages
> 
> 
> 
> On 8/30/2014 9:53 AM, Alex Kleider wrote:
>> I also have had less than a perfect experience with 14.4.
>> 
>> I upgraded 12.4 to 14.4 on a Lenovo ThinkPad X301
>> and did a fresh 14.4 install on a Lenovo T61p.
>> 
>> Both go to 'sleep' when I shut the lids.  When I open the lid,
>> the screen turns on but the machine is completely unresponsive
>> (to keyboard or mouse) and requires a reboot.
>> I often get pop up messages telling me there is a system problem
>> and am asked for admin permission to send a report but there is no
>> indication of just what the problem is or how to solve it.
>> 
>> In other respects, all seems to be working as it should.
>> 
>> Have others experienced this?
>> 
>> Alex K
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