[xubuntu-users] hibernation in Xubuntu 17.04

[Istimsak Abdulbasir]

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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