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I'm experiencing strange bug when I close lid of my laptop - system freezes (no reaction on keys, no response form ssh) hard and displays some strange colour effects. The kernel log (after reboot) shows nothing. My question is - how to debug it? Maybe there's a way to track last called kernel function or something similar?

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  • Which laptop model is that? Does disabling suspend-on-lid-close help? – Renan Feb 22 '12 at 19:00
  • Similar problem here, I also wonder this question. Kernel 2.6.32-5-686 – invert Feb 22 '12 at 19:20
  • It's Dell Studio 1555. I don't need any workarounds, I want to fix this problem :). If someone's interested how display looks after freeze: [1] dl.dropbox.com/u/22768404/DSC_0011.JPG [2] dl.dropbox.com/u/22768404/DSC_0012.JPG The rectangles are blurring and moving. – Łukasz Sowa Feb 22 '12 at 19:34
  • Which is the video card on this laptop and what driver you are using for it? – Renan Feb 22 '12 at 20:03
  • ATI Radeon 4570, Catalyst. Btw., fixing this particular problem is not the subject of the question, rather debugging system freeze :) – Łukasz Sowa Feb 22 '12 at 21:43
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The kernel probably did log some information, but they never made it on time to the disk. If your laptop has got a serial port, set the kernel to use it as console (add console=ttyS[X] as boot option); you will see the messages there from another machine as it happens. If not, you can use an Ethernet port and try netconsole.

In general, you have a problem with suspending you machine, which happens quite often. There a several guides on the internet about debugging it see here or here.

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