[xubuntu-users] hibernation in Xubuntu 17.04

Sat Jul 1 01:58:51 UTC 2017

On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 9:15 PM, Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote:

> Getting closer!
>
> Here's what I've done.  I went here...
>
> https://launchpad.net/~tuxonice/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
>
> ...and tried this:
>
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tuxonice/ppa
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt install linux-generic-tuxonice tuxonice-userui
>
> I also had installed the hibernate package:
>
> sudo apt install hibernate
>

It looks like this ppa was designed for ubuntu 12.04. I am sceptible about
using packages not written for a particular architect

Folliowing instructions under "Update: Hibernation using a swap file
> on 17.04", here...
>
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/768136/how-can-i-hibernate-on-ubuntu-16-04
>
> I changed one line in the grub file lo this:
>
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="no_console_suspend initcall_debug
> resume=/dev/sda1 resume_offset=991232"
>
> (You might have a different resume and certainly a different offset.)
>
> and I ran update-grub.
>
> After that pm-hibernate did nothing.  Running "Hibernate" from the
> "Log Out" menu did nothing.  (In these cases it seems like "nothing"
> is actually about a microsecond of hibernation with no power off.)
> But "sudo hibernate-disk" was getting really close -- it would power
> off fine, and it would seem to resume perfectly, but it would be
> frozen.  So I would see the same thing on the screen as before
> hibernation, but the keyboard and mousepad would have no effect, so
> I'd have to power off to reboot.
>
> Anyway that's where it's at, but it's still no good.
>
> On the bright side, I used suspend, left the laptop for 90 minutes and
> brought it back up.  I had only used 2% of battery.  Also, it was
> practically instantaneous.  So I'll be using suspend a lot more than
> hibernate, but I would like to be able to hibernate my laptop if
> possible.
>
> Best,
> Mike
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 5:42 PM, Istimsak Abdulbasir
> <saqman2060 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 6:29 PM, Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at 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
> >> <saqman2060 at 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 <mbmiller+l at 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 <mbmiller+l at gmail.com>
> >> >> Date: Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 6:45 PM
> >> >> Subject: hibernation in Xubuntu 17.04
> >> >> To: xubuntu-users at 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
> >> >>
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