Xubuntu 16.04 user here on EXT4. I don't use suspend on my Dell Latitude laptop at all. Was just trying to reboot after noticing my network manager indicator icon was in limbo and 'lo and behold:
% sudo -H shutdown -P now Failed to start poweroff.target: Transaction is destructive. See system logs and 'systemctl status poweroff.target' for details. % systemctl status poweroff.target ● poweroff.target - Power-Off Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/poweroff.target; disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: inactive (dead) Docs: man:systemd.special(7) % ps ax | grep systemd 359 ? Ss 0:00 /lib/systemd/systemd-journald 412 ? Ss 0:00 /lib/systemd/systemd-udevd 1187 ? Ss 0:00 /lib/systemd/systemd-logind 1217 ? Ss 0:02 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system --address=systemd: --nofork --nopidfile --systemd-activation 2014 ? Ss 0:00 /lib/systemd/systemd --user 27605 ? Ss 0:00 /lib/systemd/systemd-sleep suspend I work with the lid closed on a dual monitor system. Digging through the journal is interesting due to: dec 21 10:52:38 2-1b systemd-logind[1187]: Suspending... dec 21 10:52:38 2-1b NetworkManager[1253]: <info> [1482313958.2467] manager: sleep requested (sleeping: no enabled: yes) dec 21 10:52:38 2-1b NetworkManager[1253]: <info> [1482313958.2468] manager: sleeping... dec 21 10:52:38 2-1b NetworkManager[1253]: <info> [1482313958.2468] device (wlp3s0): state change: unavailable -> unmanaged (reason 'sleeping') [20 10 37] dec 21 10:52:38 2-1b NetworkManager[1253]: <info> [1482313958.2477] manager: NetworkManager state is now ASLEEP dec 21 10:52:38 2-1b whoopsie[1255]: [10:52:38] offline dec 21 10:52:38 2-1b obexd[2450]: Terminating dec 21 10:52:38 2-1b polkitd(authority=local)[1433]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-session:c2 (system bus name :1.46, object path /org/gnome/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus) dec 21 10:52:38 2-1b systemd[1]: Reached target Sleep. dec 21 10:52:38 2-1b lightdm[1688]: pam_unix(lightdm:session): session closed for user jeroenr dec 21 10:52:38 2-1b systemd[1]: Starting Suspend... dec 21 10:52:38 2-1b systemd-sleep[27605]: Failed to connect to non-global ctrl_ifname: (nil) error: No such file or directory dec 21 10:52:38 2-1b NetworkManager[1253]: <info> [1482313958.3907] dns-mgr: Writing DNS information to /sbin/resolvconf dec 21 10:52:38 2-1b dnsmasq[1706]: setting upstream servers from DBus dec 21 10:52:38 2-1b systemd-sleep[27613]: /lib/systemd/system-sleep/wpasupplicant failed with error code 255. dec 21 10:52:38 2-1b dnsmasq[1706]: using nameserver 8.8.8.8#53 dec 21 10:52:38 2-1b systemd-sleep[27605]: Suspending system... dec 21 10:52:38 2-1b dnsmasq[1706]: using nameserver 8.8.4.4#53 dec 21 10:52:38 2-1b kernel: PM: Syncing filesystems ... done. dec 21 10:52:38 2-1b kernel: PM: Preparing system for sleep (mem) Somehow the system was trying to go to sleep with me actually working on it. Unless... I did log out and in again for fixing up my input methods. But why would systemd register a XFCE logout as a request to suspend? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1441253 Title: hanging suspend job prevents shutdown To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1441253/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs