On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 6:29 PM, Mike Miller <mbmille...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the reply, Istimsak. I had downloaded the hibernate > package, which includes hibernate-disk, and I had noted the "tuxonice" > issue with that package. The thing I wasn't clear on was whether > there was some other way to make it work, without the kernel patch. I > guess you are saying I can't escape that. ;-) > > That's OK. I'm willing to do it if there are good instructions. Let > us know if you can make it work. If you get it done, can you tell us > how? I"m sure there something out there. It looked like ArchiLinux > had good pages on it. > > Thanks again! > Mike > > I read archlinux's wiki. That I can follow. Just couldn't find a good one for ubuntu. I will let you know IF I get it to work. > On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 4:59 PM, Istimsak Abdulbasir > <saqman2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This was a painful research. > > > > To use hibernate (or suspend2) requires your system to have a "tuxonice" > > enabled kernel. If you are using such a kernel, then you should see the > > suspend2 component in either "/proc/suspend2" or "/sys/power/suspend2". > The > > kernel patch will allow you to resume your system from your disk if you > > decide to use suspend2. > > > > Unfortunately, the "tuxonice" patch for the kernel is not available on > its > > website. This is what its website looks like(not very technical). > > http://www.tuxonice.net/. I doubt running "hibernate" from the console > will > > work. > > > > However, there is a github project that offers the patch. > > https://github.com/pierre/tuxonice-fastboot. I will be checking this out > > myself. > > > > Istimsak > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 1:59 PM, Mike Miller <mbmille...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> I think my first attempt to post got stuck in moderation (recapped > >> below). I am new to the list and I wasn't properly subscribed when I > >> sent it. > >> > >> I've been working on this for many hours with only some progress. > >> Suspend always worked. Hibernate (to disk) has not worked, yet. > >> > >> Using "Hibernate" from the system's "Log Out" menu, the screen blanks, > >> it shuts down, but when I power back up it seems to go through a > >> normal boot process and I don't recover my previous state. > >> > >> Using sudo "pm-hibernate", I can see it saving the page files, and > >> when I try to recover I see it loading the page files up to 99% and > >> the screen blanks. After that I get only a black screen. It responds > >> to nothing, so I have to power off. > >> > >> Any ideas? > >> > >> Best, > >> Mike > >> > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >> From: Mike Miller <mbmille...@gmail.com> > >> Date: Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 6:45 PM > >> Subject: hibernation in Xubuntu 17.04 > >> To: xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > >> > >> > >> Installation of 17.04 on my laptop was a breeze. Truly a joy and it's > >> working great, except for this one bothersome thing. Maybe there is a > >> FAQ, but I didn't find it and things might be a little different with > >> 17.04 because of the use of swapfiles instead of swap partitions. > >> > >> I discovered that pm-hibernate wasn't installed by default, so I > >> installed the pm-utils. However, when I try to use it (as in sudo > >> pm-hibernate), I got an error. Logs show it goes through all of the > >> steps perfectly right up until it is supposed to hibernate, then it > >> fails and goes back through a series of "wake" steps. So the screen > >> blacks for a sec and I'm back to the bash prompt. > >> > >> The error I see in /var/log/pm-suspend.log is > >> > >> sh: echo: I/O error > >> > >> That follows immediately after "performing hibernate" and before > >> "Awake." There are only three seconds between those lines. > >> > >> My guess, based on some searches, was that my problem was that I > >> didn't have a proper swapfile. Now we use swapfile instead of swap > >> partition, right? So I looked for info on how to create that > >> swapfile, and it seemed to work. I think I have a proper swapfile but > >> I'm not sure how to test that. sudo swapon --show seems to give > >> appropriate output but I'm not sure what PRIO of -1 is telling me. > >> > >> Any ideas? > >> > >> Best, > >> Mike > >> > >> -- > >> xubuntu-users mailing list > >> xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users > > > > > > > > > > -- > > "Collaboration is the new innovation" (Istimsak Abdulbasir, 2016) > > > > -- > > xubuntu-users mailing list > > xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users > > > > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/ > mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users > -- "Collaboration is the new innovation" (Istimsak Abdulbasir, 2016)
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