looks like the issue I was having has nothing to do with the update. cat /var/log/pm-suspend.log revealed the following.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/60_wpa_supplicant suspend suspend: Failed to connect to non-global ctrl_ifname: (null) error: No such file or directory /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/60_wpa_supplicant suspend suspend: success. Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/75modules suspend suspend: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/75modules suspend suspend: not applicable. Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/90clock suspend suspend: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/90clock suspend suspend: not applicable. Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/94cpufreq suspend suspend: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/94cpufreq suspend suspend: success. Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95anacron suspend suspend: stop: Unknown instance: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95anacron suspend suspend: success. Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95hdparm-apm suspend suspend: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95hdparm-apm: 32: .: Can't open /lib/hdparm/hdparm-functions /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95hdparm-apm suspend suspend: Returned exit code 2. Fri Jun 27 22:16:29 PDT 2014: Inhibit found, will not perform suspend Fri Jun 27 22:16:29 PDT 2014: Running hooks for resume Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95anacron resume suspend: start: Job failed to start /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95anacron resume suspend: success. I reinstalled pmutils, hdparam and anacron and suspend/resume work again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1306621 Title: [LENOVO ThinkPad T440s] suspend/resume failure Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: 1. Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch) Release: 14.04 2. linux-headers-3.13.0-23-generic: Installed: 3.13.0-23.45 Candidate: 3.13.0-23.45 Version table: *** 3.13.0-23.45 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3. Expected it to hibernate 4. It didn't. ProblemType: KernelOops DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: linux-image-3.13.0-23-generic 3.13.0-23.45 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-23.45-generic 3.13.8 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-23-generic x86_64 Annotation: This occured during a previous suspend and prevented it from resuming properly. ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: sol 2166 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: sol 2166 F.... pulseaudio Date: Fri Apr 11 09:53:08 2014 ExecutablePath: /usr/share/apport/apportcheckresume Failure: suspend/resume HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=027c0786-cb7e-48db-84dd-75553c948299 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-15 (55 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140214) InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.4 MachineType: LENOVO 20AQCTO1WW ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/share/apport/apportcheckresume ProcEnviron: TERM=linux PATH=(custom, no user) ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-23-generic root=UUID=3275897d-69f9-492b-a5bc-82e88c59ad0b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-23-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-23-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.127 SourcePackage: linux Title: [LENOVO 20AQCTO1WW] suspend/resume failure UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: dmi.bios.date: 12/10/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: GJET67WW (2.17 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 20AQCTO1WW dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: 0B98405 STD dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrGJET67WW(2.17):bd12/10/2013:svnLENOVO:pn20AQCTO1WW:pvrThinkPadT440s:rvnLENOVO:rn20AQCTO1WW:rvr0B98405STD:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 20AQCTO1WW dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T440s dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1306621/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp