[Bug 1897185] Re: login triggers suspend after update

[Tim Wetzel]

Two additional observations on this bug:
-This bug is becoming more persistent on the second machine (the first one is completely sidelined due to all this; an attempt to reload Ubuntu on it failed due to bug 1871268).
-I looked back: this problem of going into suspend as soon as the login password is entered started on September 24. Immediately before that, Ubuntu Updater installed updates to grub, nvidia drivers (which are needed on the first machine affected), and some other modules. This update came about a week after an earlier one that had updated initramfs modules.

This whole situation started a day or two before September 14: one the
14th, I noted the hang on spinning circle during startup and initramfs
errors had just started. At that time, I was able to work around those 2
by disabling the splash screen and re-creating the ram drive with the
initramfs tools. But since the subsequent updates, Ubuntu effectively
became unusable on my main machine. It is touch and go on my backup
machine.And those workarounds no longer work either.

This login triggers suspend problem has no workaround for me. PLEASE fix
this!

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Title:
  login triggers suspend after update

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Ubuntu 20.04's software updater just applied quite a few updates
  affecting grub and nvidia. The modules should show in the report just
  submitted. Also, updates to initramfs had just installed a few days
  ago. Kudos in that these updates fixed two login/startup issues: I'd
  been affected by the compression change for initramfs and had started
  getting the spinning ubuntu circle on the logon splash screen,
  apparently due to an nvidia driver conflict. I'd turned the splash
  screen to nosplash, and have now been able to set it back to splash.
  Both of those issues now appear to be fixed.

  BUT now when I start Ubuntu with the T570 laptop docked, lid closed,
  external display and keyboard via the dock: as soon as I enter the
  login password and press enter, the system goes into suspend. If I
  then press the dock power button again, the system will resume and
  proceed normally.

  It seems that the new startup modules don't realize that the machine
  is docked; and/or that it erroneously now "detects" the closed lid as
  a change in lid state during startup, triggering suspend. Prior to
  today's updates, this was not an issue.

  I would appreciate seeing this corrected. Thank you.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:20.04.25
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-48.52-generic 5.4.60
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-48-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.9
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Thu Sep 24 18:15:31 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-06-22 (94 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: release-upgrade
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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