Unable to hibernate with Ubuntu 9.04

[Derek Broughton]

Andrew Farris wrote:

> Unfortunately, I am unfamiliar with your particular issue...so I don't
> know how much assistance I can be, other than the below note:
> 
> On Sat, 2009-10-24 at 14:29 -0700, Phyllis Connick wrote:
> [snip]
>> I did not know I needed a separate hard drive partition for a swap file.
>> I assumed the Ubuntu installation process automatically made one based
>> upon my hardware. It would seem that I was wrong. I am assuming that it
>> should appear under 'computer:///'
> 
> If you used a guided install method, then a swap partition was made for
> you... and no, it would not show up under computer:///
> 
> and actually...you don't _need_ a separate partition... you can also
> make a swap file if you need to.

yes you do (or at least, it isn't easy without it).  The default hibernation 
setup can't work with a swap file.

-- 
derek