When using gnome-shell, if I close my laptop's lid (Thinkpad X220, in case it matters) and re-open it, the screen turns on briefly but then turns off and re-enters suspend mode. If I wake it up from suspend again, the loop continues. I have no idea what is causing this, but it does not happen when I use XFCE, so I have returned to that for now.
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