I'm having a serious issue that makes my computer to wake up automatically without any keyboard or mouse click, it stays in sleep mode about 8 seconds.

Edit: It happens randomly, sometimes it just doesn't wake up and works properly, I can't find a constant way of reproducing it.

Is this possible to fix it? If not then how can i make my laptop to hibernate when i close the cover?

I'm using hp pavilion dv6 notebook with additional broadcom wireless and nvidia drivers if it helps.

Edit:

Here are some info about my /proc/acpi/wakeup;

nx1337@nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC:~$ cat /proc/acpi/wakeup Device S-state Status Sysfs node P0P2 S4 *disabled PEGP S4 *disabled P0P3 S4 *disabled pci:0000:00:01.0 PEGP S4 *disabled P0P1 S4 *disabled pci:0000:00:1e.0 CIR0 S5 *enabled pnp:00:00 PS2K S3 *enabled pnp:00:07 PS2M S3 *disabled pnp:00:08 EHC1 S3 *enabled pci:0000:00:1d.0 USB1 S3 *disabled USB2 S3 *disabled USB3 S3 *disabled USB4 S3 *disabled EHC2 S3 *enabled pci:0000:00:1a.0 USB5 S3 *disabled USB6 S3 *disabled USB7 S3 *disabled HDEF S0 *disabled pci:0000:00:1b.0 RP01 S4 *disabled pci:0000:00:1c.0 RP02 S4 *disabled pci:0000:00:1c.1 PXSX S5 *enabled pci:0000:03:00.0 RP03 S4 *disabled RP04 S4 *disabled RP05 S4 *disabled pci:0000:00:1c.4 RP08 S4 *disabled pci:0000:00:1c.7

I'm afraid I don't even have a PBTN entry so I don't want to mess up my system making wild guesses and disabling things I don't know -what if one of them refers to my power button?

Here is some relevant info from my var/log/syslog;

Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8587.383024] PM: Syncing filesystems ... done. Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8587.452554] PM: Preparing system for mem sleep Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8587.452826] Freezing user space processes ... (elapsed 0.002 seconds) done. Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8587.454994] Freezing remaining freezable tasks ... (elapsed 0.001 seconds) done. Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8587.456292] PM: Entering mem sleep Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8587.456339] Suspending console(s) (use no_console_suspend to debug) Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8587.456695] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Synchronizing SCSI cache Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8587.456746] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Stopping disk Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8587.553531] i8042 aux 00:08: System wakeup disabled by ACPI Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8587.553549] i8042 kbd 00:07: System wakeup enabled by ACPI Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8587.553575] ene_ir 00:00: System wakeup enabled by ACPI Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.049478] PM: suspend of devices complete after 593.170 msecs Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.049702] PM: late suspend of devices complete after 0.220 msecs Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.050173] r8169 0000:03:00.0: System wakeup enabled by ACPI Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.081795] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.0: System wakeup enabled by ACPI Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.097841] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.0: System wakeup enabled by ACPI Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.113370] PM: noirq suspend of devices complete after 63.685 msecs Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.113512] ACPI: Preparing to enter system sleep state S3 Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.117408] PM: Saving platform NVS memory Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.117809] Disabling non-boot CPUs ... Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.221247] smpboot: CPU 1 is now offline Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.325216] smpboot: CPU 2 is now offline Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.325895] Broke affinity for irq 21 Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.325908] Broke affinity for irq 42 Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.580520] smpboot: CPU 3 is now offline Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.581674] ACPI: Low-level resume complete Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.581741] PM: Restoring platform NVS memory Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.582259] Enabling non-boot CPUs ... Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.582310] x86: Booting SMP configuration: Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.582311] smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 1 APIC 0x1 Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.595760] CPU1 is up Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.595785] smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 2 APIC 0x4 Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.609304] CPU2 is up Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.609328] smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 3 APIC 0x5 Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.622906] CPU3 is up Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.625304] ACPI: Waking up from system sleep state S3 Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.646462] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.0: System wakeup disabled by ACPI Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.678443] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.0: System wakeup disabled by ACPI Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.790598] PM: noirq resume of devices complete after 157.634 msecs Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.790762] PM: early resume of devices complete after 0.124 msecs Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.790996] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: irq 43 for MSI/MSI-X Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.794640] r8169 0000:03:00.0: System wakeup disabled by ACPI Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.839338] ene_ir 00:00: System wakeup disabled by ACPI Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8588.839627] i8042 kbd 00:07: System wakeup disabled by ACPI Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8589.006396] usb 2-1.5: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8589.122299] ata6: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8589.122359] ata5: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8589.130310] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8589.192118] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/100 Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8589.350171] firewire_core 0000:04:00.0: rediscovered device fw0 Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8591.473567] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8591.479306] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100 Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8591.493692] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Starting disk Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8591.510980] ERROR @wl_wowl_ind_wake_reason : Unable to get wake reason, err = -95 Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8591.514192] PM: resume of devices complete after 2724.270 msecs Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8591.514478] PM: Finishing wakeup. Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8591.514752] firewire_ohci 0000:04:00.0: no hotplug settings from platform Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8591.514779] sdhci-pci 0000:04:00.1: no hotplug settings from platform Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8591.514803] pci 0000:04:00.2: no hotplug settings from platform Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8591.514827] jmb38x_ms 0000:04:00.3: no hotplug settings from platform Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8591.514851] pci 0000:04:00.4: no hotplug settings from platform Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8591.514960] r8169 0000:03:00.0: no hotplug settings from platform Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8591.515128] firewire_ohci 0000:04:00.0: no hotplug settings from platform Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8591.515153] sdhci-pci 0000:04:00.1: no hotplug settings from platform Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8591.515177] pci 0000:04:00.2: no hotplug settings from platform Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8591.515215] jmb38x_ms 0000:04:00.3: no hotplug settings from platform Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8591.515240] pci 0000:04:00.4: no hotplug settings from platform Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8591.514480] Restarting tasks ... done. Mar 18 23:42:27 nx-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 8591.598871] video LNXVIDEO:02: Restoring backlight state
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1 Answer

I had a very similar problem; I will show you an example but you will need to adapt it to your computer. The output here is from my desktop (and trimmed down), so apply cum grano salis.

Check the wakeup events for your PC: 

2& [romano:~/etc] % cat /proc/acpi/wakeup Device S-state Status Sysfs node PCI0 S4 *disabled no-bus:pci0000:00 COM1 S4 *disabled pnp:00:06 PEGH S4 *disabled PEGL S4 *disabled IGBE S4 *enabled pci:0000:00:19.0 PCX1 S4 *disabled pci:0000:00:1c.0 PCX5 S4 *disabled pci:0000:00:1c.4 PCX7 S4 *disabled pci:0000:00:1c.6 HUB S4 *disabled pci:0000:00:1e.0 EUS1 S3 *enabled pci:0000:00:1d.0 EUS2 S3 *enabled pci:0000:00:1a.0 PBTN S4 *enabled

The enabled events are the one that can wake up your computer. One of these is firing up in your case; you have to discover which one.

You can toggle the wakeup status on, for example, EUS1 (whatever it means --- no idea) with the command: 

echo EUS1 | sudo tee /proc/acpi/wakeup

and then you can check that the wakeup is disabled, by repeating the first command. Now you can try to suspend and see if the PC stays suspended or not. Repeat.

Do not disable the event on PBTN --- it is the power button. You can be unable to resume in that case!

My strategy is normally to disable everything minus the PBTN --- now the resume should be trigger only with the power button. You can then try to reenable other sources (or not).

Once you have found the culprit(s) event(s), you can add them to your /etc/rc.local to make the change permanent. Notice however that the interface is really badly thought, and you can only toggle the status of enabled/disabled, not set it; so for example to disable the EUS1 independently on its status you should use 

grep 'EUS1.*enabled' < /proc/acpi/wakeup >/dev/null && echo "EUS1" > /proc/acpi/wakeup

in your /etc/rc.local.

In my case the culprit where EHC y XHC devices, probably because I have an USB keyboard (not sure though), this is en excerpt of my rc.local:

for device in XHC EHC1 EHC2; do grep $device /proc/acpi/wakeup | grep enabled > /dev/null && { echo Disabling wakeup on $device echo $device > /proc/acpi/wakeup } done
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