Trying to find a solution, I tested uswsusp. This has totally screwed up my file system when trying to hibernate my computer. So I had to reinstall.
After the fresh install of Maverick, going to standby works. I assume that some configuration file didn't get properly updated somewhere between 9.04 and 10.10. -- System hangs while going to standby https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/672446 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs