[Bug 948163] [NEW] System suspends upon closing the lid while installing/partitioning using a live CD

[Roberto Nanga Martinez]

Public bug reported:

Ubuntu 11.10
Ubiquity 2.8.7

I think that the setting on closing the lid of a laptop should be set to
"do nothing" instead of "suspend". It makes no sense that you keep this
setting as "suspend" when this could interrupt the install or disk
partitioning tasks. Both in ubiquity by choosing "install ubuntu" right
after booting the installation CD or after choosing "try ubuntu" and
then "install ubuntu". It also affects you if you only use "gparted"
after choosing "try ubuntu" but before choosing "install ubuntu".

This happened to me when the partitioning process was in progress. A
friend came by to invite me to have lunch together and closed the lid of
my laptop because he didn't think I was doing anything important (I was
lying back in my chair while the partitioning/installation progressed).
Needless to say NTFS got screwed and by consequence so did my windows
partition.

In my opinion this is expected behaviour when booting into any operating
system's installation media.

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: cd install interrupt live partition suspend try ubuntu

** Tags added: try ubuntu

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Title:
  System suspends upon closing the lid while installing/partitioning
  using a live CD

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Ubuntu 11.10
  Ubiquity 2.8.7

  I think that the setting on closing the lid of a laptop should be set
  to "do nothing" instead of "suspend". It makes no sense that you keep
  this setting as "suspend" when this could interrupt the install or
  disk partitioning tasks. Both in ubiquity by choosing "install ubuntu"
  right after booting the installation CD or after choosing "try ubuntu"
  and then "install ubuntu". It also affects you if you only use
  "gparted" after choosing "try ubuntu" but before choosing "install
  ubuntu".

  This happened to me when the partitioning process was in progress. A
  friend came by to invite me to have lunch together and closed the lid
  of my laptop because he didn't think I was doing anything important (I
  was lying back in my chair while the partitioning/installation
  progressed). Needless to say NTFS got screwed and by consequence so
  did my windows partition.

  In my opinion this is expected behaviour when booting into any
  operating system's installation media.

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