Nevermind, pm-utils isn't checking available swap at all. In the past, upower did that, but now systemd and systemd-shim would need to pick that up.
** Package changed: pm-utils (Ubuntu) => systemd-shim (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: systemd-shim (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pm-utils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1313522 Title: There is hibernate option even without an active swap partition Status in OEM Priority Project: New Status in “systemd-shim” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: In Ubuntu 13.10 and 14.04 the "hibernate" option will always be displayed in the system dropdown menu, even if there is no active swap partition. Click the hibernate option will perform the hibernate operation but will fail during the process. As a contrast, in Ubuntu 13.04 and earlier releases the "hibernate" option is visible only if there is active swap partition. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/oem-priority/+bug/1313522/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp