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I use to be able to suspend and resume just fine but recently I just get a blank screen whenever I suspend or close the laptop lid. The only system changes I can think of are some updates I recently installed. I also noticed that suspend works just fine when I have the Nvidia GPU selected in the Nvidia X Server Settings but not when I am using the Intel GPU. I need to use the Intel GPU for battery life and not being able to close the lid is quite frustrating.

I using a i7-6700HQ and gtx 1060 notebook on 384.59 drivers

Thanks

Butter
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This suggestion comes from an answer to another post on AskUbuntu. Credit to @ArnovanderWeijden:

Please keep in mind that rebooting requires you to hold the power button when it hangs. (alt+prtscn/sysrq+reisub doesn't work)

  • step 1: reinstall you system without swap (if you encrypt your home directory that is)

  • step 2: boot into your new installation but don't log in. go to tty1 (ctrlaltf1)

  • step 3: upgrade your kernel to 4.7.6

  • step 4: reboot (and hold the power button when it hangs to kill it) and log into tty1

  • step 5: install the Nvidia drivers and prime

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa

    sudo apt update

    sudo apt install nvidia-367 nvidia-prime

choose lightdm when prompted

  • step 6: reboot and log into gnome.

  • step 7: open a terminal and execute

    sudo prime-select intel

and reboot.

When grub shows up press 'e' and at the end of the line that starts with 'linux' add 'nomodeset'.

Press F10 to boot into your system

  • step 8: log in (that's possible thanks to lightdm and nomodeset)

Download this and install it. (your firefox will probably not work at this point. to get it to work execute sudo chown -R $USER:$USER ~/.cache)

sudo dpkg -i intel-grapics-update-tool_2.0.2_amd64.deb
sudo apt -f install
wget -q0 - https://download.01.org/gfx/RPM-GPG-KEY-ilg-r | sudo apt-key add -
  • step 9: run the program (its the only program that starts with 'intel' in your dash. After it's finished execute a reboot (this is the last reboot that requires you to kill your system).
  • step 10: (after entering nomodeset) boot the system and log in. Install all the updates and reboot.
  • step 11: enter nomodeset and log in. install gksu (sudo apt install gksu) and run gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub and add nomodeset after quiet splash. (you can run sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3 at this point to get the gdm3 login screen back)
  • step 12: run 'gksudo gedit /etc/grub.d/40_custom' and copy your ubuntu menuentry from /boot/grub/grub.cfg into it. remember to remove the nomodeset from 40_custom. name it 'ubuntu nvidia'

  • step 13: create /usr/local/bin/intel (and nvidia) with the following code

    #!/bin/bash

    prime-select intel

    grub-reboot 0

and

#!/bin/bash

prime-select nvidia
grub-reboot 7
reboot

make them executable (and perhaps add them to visudo) and you are done!!
if steam doesn't work on intel see Edit ∞².

ooh and if sudo update-initramfs -u -k all gives you errors you can find the missing firmware here. Read the readme file to find out how to install them (some need --install operator while others just work)

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