To clarify one thing: I'm not sure that 16.04 will hibernate on my laptop. Isn't hardware a big issue with hibernation? If we're sure that 16.04 will hibernate on my laptop, then I'll just kill 17.04 and install 16.04 LTS. That wouldn't be a big deal for me so I might just try it anyway. LTS is a good thing and I don't plan to do a lot of fancy stuff with the laptop -- mostly read PDF files, strangely. ;-)
Thanks again to all! Mike On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 7:42 PM, Roger <linux....@gmail.com> wrote: > On June 30, 2017 5:59:26 PM EDT, 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) > > > This sounds like an inexcusable BUG if I understand correctly that one can > not do a successful hibernate with ver. 17.04. > > Some interesting points about 17.04 appear here (scroll down): > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_version_history?wprov=sfla1 > Shortened url http://tinyurl.com/yaabbg9s > > Confirms my approach, stick with LTS versions and I don't upgraded until > after the first point release / update. > -- > Sent from my Android device using K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > -- > 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