Macbook Pro frozen after closing the lid

[BenKenobi]

Hello,

I have been having issues running Zorin OS Lite on my MacBook Pros from around 2010. I have two 2009 MacBook Pros, a 2008 MacBook Pro, and two 2010 MacBook Pro. I installed Zorin OS Lite 17.3 on four different drives, and I’m experiencing the same problem on almost all of the computers.

What happens is when I close the lid regardless of the power settings for battery or charger, the computer appears to turn off. However, when I reopen the lid, it turns back on but is frozen on whatever was on the screen when I closed it. At first, I thought it was just an input issue, but I noticed the clock was frozen too, and no external keyboard or mouse has any effect.

If I manually suspend the computer before closing the lid, it wakes up correctly when I open it, so i doubt its a hardware issue as it lid switch apears to work i have the same issue on 5 computers.

The bigger issue is what happens after its frozen. When I restart the computer after it freezes, it just boots into a black screen with only a mouse cursor showing, no matter how long I wait after the Zorin boot logo. The only way I’ve been able to fix this is by removing the drive, putting it in another computer, booting it there, and then moving it back to the original MacBook. This happens on all my macbooks except the 17-inch 2009 MacBook Pro, where I can simply reboot after the freeze without swapping drives.

I’ve searched for a solution but haven’t been able to fix it yet. I’d really appreciate any help in finding a way to fix this issue.

Thank you.

[Forpli]

You can take a look at this thread with the same problem to get some ideas:

Zorin OS 17.2 Lite Freezes after kept idle (laptop lid closed)

I am facing a problem where the Zorin OS 17.2 Lite edition freezes after my laptop is kept idle for long time say like 10 mins. This usually happens when I close the lid of my laptop. This is state however the mouse cursor works fine but clicks doesn't work, no buttons work and the computer is completely unresponsive. The only to get back from this situation is to force shut down the laptop using power button. Please someone tell me what's going wrong with my laptop. I can provide all kind of …

At settings>power manager you can set a action what happens when lid is closed. The default setting is suspend, but you can also set shutdown or ignore there.

The easiest way to avoid the problem with suspend that often appears on older systems in Zorin lite, is to go manually into suspend (use shortcut or suspend button).