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ArmlessJohn

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From: Curitiba - Brazil

Registered: 2015-06-02

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Re: Suspend always happens twice

I've had the same issue with a similar setup. I downgraded some packages and the behavior stopped, here's the command for this workaround:

sudo pacman -U https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/s/systemd/systemd-257.9-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/s/systemd-libs/systemd-libs-257.9-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/s/systemd-sysvcompat/systemd-sysvcompat-257.9-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

abellix

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Registered: 2025-10-11

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Re: Suspend always happens twice

I am experiencing issues with suspend after a recent system upgrade. In my case, the system suspends, it keeps suspended as long as I want, but when I tried to wake it up, it doesn't. There's no video output and the keybindings e.g. `systemctl poweroff` doesn't work. I tried logging into a TTY (ctrl+alt+fkeys) but the keybinding doesn't work.

I tried debugging the issue with `sudo journalctl -b -1` but couldn't find any relevant information. I tried many things like installing other kernels (e.g. `linux-lts`) and other versions of nvidia (e.g. `nvidia-open`), but the issue persisted. And I also tried downgraded many packages: linux, linux-headers, nvidia, etc.

Today I saw this issue and tried to downgrade to systemd 257.9 (`sudo downgrade systemd systemd-libs systemd-sysvcompat`), and it seems it fixed the problem.

It can be unrelated, since my laptop (Thinkpad p14s AMD Gen 2) doesn't have suspend issues, but it's an AMD iGPU, and my desktop has a Nvidia RTX 4090.

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: Suspend always happens twice

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-se … te_2571166

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rubin55

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From: The Hague, Netherlands

Registered: 2025-11-10

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Re: Suspend always happens twice

This morning systemd 258.2-2 was released; I tested twice on two different systems and I could not reproduce the issue anymore (to work-around, like others, I have been using version 257 - with 258.0 and 258.1 I had this issue 10 out of 10 times).

Last edited by rubin55 (2025-11-10 21:40:15)

stevewang

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Registered: 2025-11-11

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Re: Suspend always happens twice

I updated to 258.2-2 as well, but the issue is still there. The information upper from Seth states the same. Wish the fix comes soon

rubin55

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From: The Hague, Netherlands

Registered: 2025-11-10

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Re: Suspend always happens twice

I was too optimistic.. I re-tested this morning, this time with suspend initiated by timer instead of via the menu manually and immediately ran into the same problem (wake-up, screen temporarily shows desktop, then immediately back to sleep, wake-up takes two or three tries). My setup is i9 13900t, nvidia 4090. Rolling back to 257.x again

tojeiro

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Registered: 2025-11-11

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Re: Suspend always happens twice

In my case, it seems the issue only occurs with Nvidia graphics. I have a setup with a Ryzen 5900X and an Nvidia 3090, and the issue happens when I try to suspend the system (it suspends, but then immediately goes back to sleep when trying to wake it up). However, on my ThinkPad P14s Gen 5 with an AMD 8840HS, I don’t have any issues with suspend.

It seems Nvidia graphics are playing a crucial role in this issue...

seth

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Re: Suspend always happens twice

gnome/gdm mandates that the VRAM preservation services are enabled, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GDM#Wa … DIA_driver and that would be an intersection of nvidia+gnome+systemd

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tojeiro

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Re: Suspend always happens twice

gnome/gdm mandates that the VRAM preservation services are enabled, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GDM#Wa … DIA_driver and that would be an intersection of nvidia+gnome+systemd

In my case, all the recommended settings mentioned in that section of the GDM wiki are already applied.

[****@**** ~]$ systemctl status nvidia-suspend.service nvidia-resume.service nvidia-hibernate.service
○ nvidia-suspend.service - NVIDIA system suspend actions
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/nvidia-suspend.service; enabled; preset: 
disabled)
     Active: inactive (dead)

○ nvidia-resume.service - NVIDIA system resume actions
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/nvidia-resume.service; enabled; preset: 
disabled)
     Active: inactive (dead)

○ nvidia-hibernate.service - NVIDIA system hibernate actions
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/nvidia-hibernate.service; enabled; preset: 
disabled)
     Active: inactive (dead)
[****@**** ~]$ sort /proc/driver/nvidia/params | grep Preserve
PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations: 1

seth

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Re: Suspend always happens twice

Otherwise you'd not be running gnome.
The idea would rather be that gnome testing for a related condition or so might be the cause of the systemd update causing gnome on nvidia to exhibit this behavior because it touches all three components.

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