Black screen when resuming from suspend

r0cz · 2025-11-05 15:53:54

Hello!

I've recently run in to some issues with resuming Arch.
I don't remember exactly when it started happening, and I've made no recent hardware changes.

I'm on a desktop PC. I have an NVIDIA card (3060Ti) and have all the related systemd units enabled (nvidia-suspend.service, nvidia-hibernate.service, and nvidia-resume.service).

My PC starts up and monitors power on, but I just have a black screen, and no inputs work - not even ctrl+alt+F-keys to switch TTY.

Here's my journal from the moment I run `systemctl suspend`, then the resume:

Nov 04 23:59:48 n0va systemd-logind[645]: The system will suspend now!
Nov 04 23:59:48 n0va systemd[1]: Created slice Slice /system/resume.
Nov 04 23:59:48 n0va systemd[1]: Reached target Sleep.
Nov 04 23:59:48 n0va systemd[1]: Starting NVIDIA system suspend actions...
Nov 04 23:59:48 n0va suspend[488017]: nvidia-suspend.service
Nov 04 23:59:48 n0va logger[488017]: <13>Nov  4 23:59:48 suspend: nvidia-suspend.service
Nov 04 23:59:49 n0va systemd[871]: Reached target Sound Card.
Nov 04 23:59:49 n0va systemd-logind[645]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event5 (Keychron Keychron Q3 Max System Control)
Nov 04 23:59:50 n0va systemd[1]: nvidia-suspend.service: Deactivated successfully.
Nov 04 23:59:50 n0va systemd[1]: Finished NVIDIA system suspend actions.
Nov 04 23:59:50 n0va systemd[1]: nvidia-suspend.service: Consumed 1.259s CPU time, 884.2M memory peak.
Nov 04 23:59:50 n0va systemd[1]: Starting System Suspend...
Nov 04 23:59:50 n0va systemd-sleep[488095]: User sessions remain unfrozen on explicit request ($SYSTEMD_SLEEP_FREEZE_USER_SESSIONS=0).
Nov 04 23:59:50 n0va systemd-sleep[488095]: This is not recommended, and might result in unexpected behavior, particularly
Nov 04 23:59:50 n0va systemd-sleep[488095]: in suspend-then-hibernate operations or setups with encrypted home directories.
Nov 04 23:59:50 n0va systemd-sleep[488095]: Performing sleep operation 'suspend'...
Nov 04 23:59:50 n0va kernel: PM: suspend entry (deep)
Nov 04 23:59:50 n0va kernel: Filesystems sync: 0.300 seconds

-- KEYBOARD PRESSED TO WAKE UP --

Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: Freezing user space processes
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: Freezing user space processes completed (elapsed 0.001 seconds)
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: OOM killer disabled.
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: Freezing remaining freezable tasks
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: Freezing remaining freezable tasks completed (elapsed 0.000 seconds)
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: printk: Suspending console(s) (use no_console_suspend to debug)
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Synchronizing SCSI cache
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Synchronizing SCSI cache
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va systemd-sleep[488095]: System returned from sleep operation 'suspend'.
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: ata2.00: Entering standby power mode
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va systemd-resolved[517]: Clock change detected. Flushing caches.
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: ata3.00: Entering standby power mode
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va systemd-networkd[516]: enp6s0: Lost carrier
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Synchronizing SCSI cache
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va systemd-networkd[516]: enp6s0: Failed to send DHCP RELEASE, ignoring: Invalid argument
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: ata1.00: Entering standby power mode
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va systemd-networkd[516]: enp6s0: DHCP lease lost
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: ACPI: PM: Preparing to enter system sleep state S3
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: ACPI: PM: Saving platform NVS memory
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: Disabling non-boot CPUs ...
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: CPU 15 is now offline
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: CPU 14 is now offline
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: CPU 13 is now offline
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: CPU 12 is now offline
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: CPU 11 is now offline
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: CPU 10 is now offline
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: CPU 9 is now offline
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: CPU 8 is now offline
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: Spectre V2 : Update user space SMT mitigation: STIBP off
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: CPU 7 is now offline
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: CPU 6 is now offline
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: CPU 5 is now offline
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: CPU 4 is now offline
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: CPU 3 is now offline
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: CPU 2 is now offline
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: CPU 1 is now offline
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: ACPI: PM: Low-level resume complete
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: ACPI: PM: Restoring platform NVS memory
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: AMD-Vi: Virtual APIC enabled
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: AMD-Vi: Virtual APIC enabled
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: LVT offset 0 assigned for vector 0x400
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: Enabling non-boot CPUs ...
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 1 APIC 0x2
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: CPU1 is up
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 2 APIC 0x4
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: CPU2 is up
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 3 APIC 0x6
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: CPU3 is up
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 4 APIC 0x8
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: CPU4 is up
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 5 APIC 0xa
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: CPU5 is up
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 6 APIC 0xc
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: CPU6 is up
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 7 APIC 0xe
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: CPU7 is up
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 8 APIC 0x1
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: Spectre V2 : Update user space SMT mitigation: STIBP always-on
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: CPU8 is up
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 9 APIC 0x3
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: CPU9 is up
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 10 APIC 0x5
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: CPU10 is up
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 11 APIC 0x7
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: CPU11 is up
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 12 APIC 0x9
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: CPU12 is up
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 13 APIC 0xb
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: CPU13 is up
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 14 APIC 0xd
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: CPU14 is up
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 15 APIC 0xf
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: CPU15 is up
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: ACPI: PM: Waking up from system sleep state S3
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:01:00.0: xHC error in resume, USBSTS 0x401, Reinit
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: usb usb1: root hub lost power or was reset
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: usb usb2: root hub lost power or was reset
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: nvme nvme0: D3 entry latency set to 8 seconds
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: nvme nvme0: 16/0/0 default/read/poll queues
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: usb 1-9: WARN: invalid context state for evaluate context command.
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: ata6: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 330)
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: ata5: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 330)
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: usb 1-9: reset full-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: ata1: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va systemd[1]: Starting Rotate log files...
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: ata3: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: ata1.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: ata3.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Starting disk
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Starting disk
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: ata3.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: ata1.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: ahci 0000:01:00.1: port does not support device sleep
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: ahci 0000:01:00.1: port does not support device sleep
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: ata3.00: Enabling discard_zeroes_data
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: ata1.00: Enabling discard_zeroes_data
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: usb 1-7: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: usb 1-6: WARN: invalid context state for evaluate context command.
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: usb 1-6: reset full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va systemd[1]: Starting Update the plocate database...
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: OOM killer enabled.
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: Restarting tasks: Starting
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: Restarting tasks: Done
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: random: crng reseeded on system resumption
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va kernel: PM: suspend exit
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va systemd[1]: Started Verify integrity of password and group files.
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va systemd[1]: Starting Hostname Service...
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va systemd-timesyncd[412]: No network connectivity, watching for changes.
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va sh[488224]: no matching password file entry in /etc/passwd
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va sh[488224]: delete line 'testuser:!:19078:0:99999:7:::'? No
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va sh[488224]: pwck: no changes
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va sh[488225]: group media: no user testuser
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va sh[488225]: delete member 'testuser'? No
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va sh[488225]: shadow group media: no user testuser
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va sh[488225]: delete member 'testuser'? No
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va sh[488225]: grpck: no changes
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va systemd[1]: logrotate.service: Deactivated successfully.
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va systemd[1]: Finished Rotate log files.
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va systemd[1]: shadow.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va systemd[1]: shadow.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va systemd[1]: Started Hostname Service.
Nov 05 16:14:53 n0va systemd-hostnamed[488196]: Hostname set to <n0va> (static)
Nov 05 16:14:54 n0va systemd[1]: systemd-suspend.service: Deactivated successfully.
Nov 05 16:14:54 n0va systemd[1]: Finished System Suspend.
Nov 05 16:14:54 n0va systemd[1]: systemd-suspend.service: Consumed 1.247s CPU time, 3.2M memory peak.
Nov 05 16:14:54 n0va systemd[1]: Stopped target Sleep.
Nov 05 16:14:54 n0va systemd[1]: Reached target Suspend.
Nov 05 16:14:54 n0va systemd[1]: Starting NVIDIA system resume actions...
Nov 05 16:14:54 n0va systemd[1]: Started Resume triggers.
Nov 05 16:14:54 n0va systemd[1]: Stopped target Suspend.
Nov 05 16:14:54 n0va systemd-logind[645]: Operation 'suspend' finished.
Nov 05 16:14:54 n0va systemd-resolved[517]: Closing all remaining TCP connections.
Nov 05 16:14:54 n0va systemd-networkd[516]: enp6s0: Reconfiguring with /etc/systemd/network/10-wired.network.
Nov 05 16:14:54 n0va systemd-resolved[517]: Resetting learnt feature levels on all servers.
Nov 05 16:14:54 n0va suspend[488261]: nvidia-resume.service
Nov 05 16:14:54 n0va logger[488261]: <13>Nov  5 16:14:54 suspend: nvidia-resume.service
Nov 05 16:14:54 n0va systemd[1]: nvidia-resume.service: Deactivated successfully.
Nov 05 16:14:54 n0va systemd[1]: Finished NVIDIA system resume actions.
Nov 05 16:14:54 n0va systemd-logind[645]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event5 (Keychron Keychron Q3 Max System Control)
Nov 05 16:14:54 n0va wireplumber[889]: s-monitors: ALSA card/device alsa_card.usb-046d_HD_Pro_Webcam_C920-02 disabled
Nov 05 16:14:54 n0va wireplumber[889]: spa.bluez5: BlueZ system service is not available
Nov 05 16:14:55 n0va wireplumber[889]: m-portal-permissionstore: <WpPortalPermissionStorePlugin:0x55ec1bf70f80> Lookup: The name is not activatable (org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown)
Nov 05 16:14:56 n0va systemd-networkd[516]: enp6s0: Gained carrier
Nov 05 16:14:56 n0va kernel: igc 0000:06:00.0 enp6s0: NIC Link is Up 2500 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX
Nov 05 16:14:56 n0va systemd-timesyncd[412]: Network configuration changed, trying to establish connection.
Nov 05 16:14:56 n0va systemd[1]: Bluetooth service was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionPathIsDirectory=/sys/class/bluetooth).
Nov 05 16:14:57 n0va kernel: ata2: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)
Nov 05 16:14:57 n0va kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Starting disk
Nov 05 16:14:57 n0va kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133
Nov 05 16:14:59 n0va systemd-timesyncd[412]: Network configuration changed, trying to establish connection.
Nov 05 16:14:59 n0va systemd-networkd[516]: enp6s0: DHCPv4 address 10.0.0.48/24, gateway 10.0.0.1 acquired from 10.0.0.1
Nov 05 16:15:02 n0va systemd-timesyncd[412]: Contacted time server 217.198.219.102:123 (0.arch.pool.ntp.org).
Nov 05 16:15:06 n0va systemd[1]: plocate-updatedb.service: Deactivated successfully.
Nov 05 16:15:06 n0va systemd[1]: Finished Update the plocate database.
Nov 05 16:15:06 n0va systemd[1]: plocate-updatedb.service: Consumed 4.686s CPU time, 959.9M memory peak.
-- POWER RESET BUTTON PRESSED --

One part looked weird to me:

Nov 04 23:59:50 n0va systemd-sleep[488095]: User sessions remain unfrozen on explicit request ($SYSTEMD_SLEEP_FREEZE_USER_SESSIONS=0).
Nov 04 23:59:50 n0va systemd-sleep[488095]: This is not recommended, and might result in unexpected behavior, particularly
Nov 04 23:59:50 n0va systemd-sleep[488095]: in suspend-then-hibernate operations or setups with encrypted home directories.
Nov 04 23:59:50 n0va systemd-sleep[488095]: Performing sleep operation 'suspend'...

So I looked around and found this thread: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=296954
They specifically mention a drop-in to set this, which I guess is already merged into the nvidia packages since I have it.

Anything else I can try?

seth · 2025-11-05 21:26:18

Sounds similar to https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=309900 - but apparently no intel device.
The system wakes up.

Nov 04 23:59:49 n0va systemd-logind[645]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event5 (Keychron Keychron Q3 Max System Control)

Do you have a $5 office supply keyboard?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=309618

From what context are you suspending? Does it work from the multi-user.target (2nd link below)?

r0cz · 2025-11-05 23:05:20

I tried a different keyboard but nothing changed.

What do you mean context? I just run "systemctl suspend" as my own user.

seth · 2025-11-06 08:24:53

What do you mean context?

console, X11 session (which) or wayland compositor (which)

r0cz · 2025-11-07 16:03:43

Oh, I suspend from a normal user session in i3 (Xorg)

seth · 2025-11-07 18:56:27

seth wrote:

Does it work from the multi-user.target (2nd link below)?

Do you run picom next to i3?

Arch Linux

#1 2025-11-05 15:53:54

Black screen when resuming from suspend

#2 2025-11-05 21:26:18

Re: Black screen when resuming from suspend

#3 2025-11-05 23:05:20

Re: Black screen when resuming from suspend

#4 2025-11-06 08:24:53

Re: Black screen when resuming from suspend

#5 2025-11-07 16:03:43

Re: Black screen when resuming from suspend

#6 2025-11-07 18:56:27

Re: Black screen when resuming from suspend

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