thank you tonfa...edited fstab and conf.d resume with value from mkswap - regenerated initrd - and now it all works...
for anybody else reading this with the same issue regenerate your initrd with "update-initramfs -u" after you have edited "/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume" as tonfa described... -- swap not being mounted on boot https://launchpad.net/bugs/66637 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
