Long time Linux user here who knows only the basics!
My go-to Linux OS is up and running on my new Asus S15 Vivobook, AMD Ryzen 4500U, Radeon graphics.
Only problem is, suspend does not actually suspend the system, and battery drains as usual.
Suspend is an essential part of my work flow, hence my continued quest to see if I can solve the issue. So far, no luck. I tested some other distros and suspend does not shut down the machine properly (though I tested via usb installation media).
I have confirmed that this is not fixable with my current OS via a 43 post forum process.
I have turned up here because I found this https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-amdgpu-unified-linux-20-20
Does anyone think that installing Ubuntu 20.04 on my laptop, and then doing the AMD Radeon software update, would get suspend working on my laptop?
I'm doubtful - I don't think my issue is with Radeon, I think it is with the Ryzen 4500U processor.
I found the linked page, became excited and downloaded Ubuntu 20.04 and planned to install it and do the AMD software update process, but then realised it's specifically for AMD graphics, which might mean that the suspend issue will remain unchanged.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
Here are my laptop's specs:
System: Host: <filter> Kernel: 5.9.0-4mx-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.9.0-4mx-amd64
root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash acpi_backlight=vendor
"acpi_osi=!Windows 2013" "acpi_osi=!Windows 2012"
Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.5 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.26.0
Distro: MX-19.3_ahs_x64 patito feo November 11 2020
base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Machine: Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X521IA_M533IA v: 1.0
serial: <filter>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X521IA v: 1.0 serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends
v: X521IA.303 date: 07/31/2020
Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 18.8 Wh condition: 50.9/50.0 Wh (102%) volts: 11.9/11.9
model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Discharging
cycles: 4
CPU: Topology: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 4500U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MCP
arch: Zen family: 17 (23) model-id: 60 (96) stepping: 1 microcode: 8600106
L2 cache: 3072 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 28444
Speed: 1397 MHz min/max: 1400/2375 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1397
2: 1397 3: 1397 4: 1340 5: 1385 6: 1397
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP:
disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics: Device-1: AMD Renoir vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.0
chip ID: 1002:1636
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: amdgpu,ati unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: AMD RENOIR (DRM 3.39.0 5.9.0-4mx-amd64 LLVM 10.0.0)
v: 4.6 Mesa 20.1.8 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: AMD driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.1 chip ID: 1002:1637
Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 03:00.6 chip ID: 1022:15e3
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.9.0-4mx-amd64
Network: Device-1: Intel driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: N/A bus ID: 01:00.0
chip ID: 8086:2723
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 12.94 GiB (5.4%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFM256GDJTNG-8310A size: 238.47 GiB
block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 15.8 Gb/s lanes: 2 serial: <filter>
rev: 80001C00 scheme: GPT
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 198.78 GiB size: 194.66 GiB (97.93%) used: 12.94 GiB (6.6%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 34.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 34 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Repos: No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
2: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb https://ftp.saix.net/pub/linux/distributions/mxlinux/mx/repo/ buster main non-free
2: deb https://ftp.saix.net/pub/linux/distributions/mxlinux/mx/testrepo/ buster test
3: deb https://ftp.saix.net/pub/linux/distributions/mxlinux/mx/repo/ buster ahs
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list
Info: Processes: 293 Uptime: 4h 03m Memory: 7.27 GiB used: 4.35 GiB (59.8%) Init: SysVinit
v: 2.93 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 alt: 8 Shell: quick-system-in
running in: quick-system-in inxi: 3.0.36
