System specs:
i5-6300U
8 GB DDR4 SODIMM, 2133 Mhz
256 GB SK Hynix SC308 NVME
Intel HD 520
Ubuntu 20.04.2 "Focal Fossa"
My system was having a weird issue where every time I closed the lid or told Linux to suspend the system, it would reboot if you tried to wake it up. Without warning.
So I tried a few basic steps.
- Reboot? No.
- Update Linux? Worked temporarily, but only short term.
I have a few programs with kernel modules on my system, so that was my next thought. VMWare was the one I used most and the only one I used recently, so I uninstalled that first. The issue seems fixed. I assume it was messing up with the kernel modules, given it was installed with a .bundle downloaded from the VMWare site and not through a repository, therefore had no way of updating the modules with the rest of the system on its own.
The reason this is being posted, is a question as to maybe how to get around this or to update it manually if this was the problem. This is only an assumption.