I’m new to Linux. Recently installed OpenSUSE 13.1 to a new partition on my HD. After initiating either ‘sleep’ or ‘hibernate’, the Belkin N150 Wi-Fi USB adapter shuts off, and when I wake up the computer, the dongle remains shut off and I cannot connect to my wireless network. A full shutdown of the computer followed by a restart restores the connection as if nothing had happened.
I found the 2010 thread about these functions disrupting wireless, but could not understand enough about the replies to know whether they related to my situation or not, or even if the thread actually produced an answer to the instant problem.
On 2014-04-03 19:56, YellowJacket wrote:
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> I’m new to Linux. Recently installed OpenSUSE 13.1 to a new partition
> on my HD. After initiating either ‘sleep’ or ‘hibernate’, the Belkin
> N150 Wi-Fi USB adapter shuts off, and when I wake up the computer, the
> dongle remains shut off and I cannot connect to my wireless network. A
> full shutdown of the computer followed by a restart restores the
> connection as if nothing had happened.
Did you try un-plugging the dongle, and re-plugging it?
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” (Minas Tirith))
You can try to restart the network though. Either via Network Manager enable and disable wireless or
su -
enter the root’s password then
rcnetwork restart
Then check dmesg
dmesg
Did you try un-plugging the dongle, and re-plugging it?
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I tried it, but it didn’t work. But thanks for the suggestion.
Did you try un-plugging the dongle, and re-plugging it?
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This did work the last time I tried it after using hibernate. However, when I tried to use sleep, the “on” light for the computer came on, but nothing would ever come up on the screen at all - like it was shut down, so I couldn’t get to the stage of even trying this fix for sleep.
As I said before, if I do a total shutdown, everything comes back. So, this is not a priority - just something I would like to get to work, if I can.
Thanks.
As I said in response to another post (above), when I use sleep, nothing will come up on the screen at all, even though the lights say the computer is back on.
After using hibernate, it boots back up, but the dongle has been shut down so I don’t have a network connection. I could not get it to restart using the Network Manager. I then tried the codes above, but it didn’t restart the network either. “dmesg” returned about 40 pages of lines. Just in case the last 20 or so would reveal anything, they were as follows:
230.551599] Restarting kernel threads … done.
230.551774] Restarting tasks … done.
231.206849] PM: Basic memory bitmaps freed
231.630293] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enp0s11f1u8: link is not ready
231.639389] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
231.941301] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enp0s11f1u8: link is not ready
231.958117] r8712u 1-8:1.0 enp0s11f1u8: In r8711_wx_set_scan: bDriverStopped=1
231.958391] r8712u 1-8:1.0 enp0s11f1u8: In r8711_wx_set_scan: bDriverStopped=1
255.003964] r8712u 1-8:1.0 enp0s11f1u8: In r8711_wx_set_scan: bDriverStopped=1
288.003075] r8712u 1-8:1.0 enp0s11f1u8: In r8711_wx_set_scan: bDriverStopped=1
331.004474] r8712u 1-8:1.0 enp0s11f1u8: In r8711_wx_set_scan: bDriverStopped=1
356.510342] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enp0s11f1u8: link is not ready
356.814439] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enp0s11f1u8: link is not ready
356.841361] r8712u 1-8:1.0 enp0s11f1u8: In r8711_wx_set_scan: bDriverStopped=1
356.843792] r8712u 1-8:1.0 enp0s11f1u8: In r8711_wx_set_scan: bDriverStopped=1
380.005705] r8712u 1-8:1.0 enp0s11f1u8: In r8711_wx_set_scan: bDriverStopped=1
413.002864] r8712u 1-8:1.0 enp0s11f1u8: In r8711_wx_set_scan: bDriverStopped=1
445.953938] b44 ssb0:0 eth0: powering down PHY
446.134745] r8712u 1-8:1.0 enp0s11f1u8: In r8711_wx_set_scan: bDriverStopped=1
446.239306] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enp0s11f1u8: link is not ready
446.546321] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enp0s11f1u8: link is not ready
446.552975] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
446.579790] r8712u 1-8:1.0 enp0s11f1u8: In r8711_wx_set_scan: bDriverStopped=1
446.580238] r8712u 1-8:1.0 enp0s11f1u8: In r8711_wx_set_scan: bDriverStopped=1
linux-2xtd:~ #
I have figured out a workaround for the hibernate problem. I just pull out the dongle before initiating it, then replace it after the hibernating process terminates (computer ‘on’ light goes out).
I would like the sleep function to work, but it is not a priority. If you think of anything else, let me know.
Thanks.
I have figured out a workaround for the hibernate problem. I just pull out the dongle before initiating it, then replace it after the hibernating process terminates (computer ‘on’ light goes out).
Carlos did actually suggest that to you. 
(It is a common way of re-initializing usb hardware.)
I would like the sleep function to work, but it is not a priority. If you think of anything else, let me know.
Thanks.
You could try creating a config file (eg custom.config) in /etc/pm/config.d/ directory with
SUSPEND_MODULES=r8712u
That might help with suspending the kernel module and reinstating cleanly on wake up.