Chromebook refuses to consistently suspend across different distros

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obviously the driver causing a kernel panic when going into sleep is a problem, question is why

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let’s try an ECRW update, DM me for a test build

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I am willing to try a ECRW update. I do not see a way to DM you - perhaps because I am a new member. Thank You!

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Hello,

I’ve been using this script with a systemd service for a long time on Taniks:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

awk '{if ($1 != "LID0" && $3 == "*enabled") print $1}' < /proc/acpi/wakeup | while read NAME
do echo "$NAME" > /proc/acpi/wakeup
done

exit 0

Lately, every time my Chromebook goes to sleep just crashes or reboots.

I already tried to disable my workaround; use the tool from intel to confirm that S0ix is supported or use the systemd service on this thread.

Is anyone having those issues on Taniks?

OS: Archlinux

Firmware: MrChromebox 2026.05.17

Kernel: 7.1.1

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One more experience to throw in the mix. I have been having inconsistencies w/ sleep across my chrultrabook but also my desktop (both running Debian+KDE).

The short-term fix for me has been running systemctl --user restart plasma-powerdevilto get it to last the next 1-2 sleep attempts.

I had a detailed convo w/ Claude Fable who unearthed this tix and in my case, flatpaks of Firefox (and its forks) were the culprit. Basically the browser exits but the keep-alive/inhibitor stays active which prevents sleep.

You can check if there’s an inhibition via:

busctl --user call org.kde.Solid.PowerManagement   /org/kde/Solid/PowerManagement/PolicyAgent   org.kde.Solid.PowerManagement.PolicyAgent ListInhibitions
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Have you tried Ubuntu 26.04 or Kubuntu 26.04 or Arch?