after: echo shutdown > /sys/power/disk echo disk > /sys/power/state i get: Could not suspend device 0000:00:0a.2: error -22 0000:00:0a.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 50) 0000:00:0a.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 50) 0000:00:0a.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51) it's a pci usb 2.0 card. no active device plugged there. the bad thing is that i can't suspend. the good thing is that kernel is safe, i can still work with it, without panic or other troubles. i attach part of log.