I just upgraded my Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04. I have a problem with hibernation in my new 12.04.
I run the following command
sudo pm-hibernate
but my system does not hibernate, i.e. my system does not turn off; rather the screen just flashes out for few seconds and resumes previous state.
How do I fix this problem and enable hibernation on my system?
Best Answer
Something in your hardware configuration is incompatible with the kernel's hibernation methodology. Unfortunately this is hard to troubleshoot unless the troubleshooter happens to have a very similar system.
You can try the alternative TuxOnIce (wikipedia) hibernation instead.
It does require installing TuxOnIce's custom kernel, but the instructions that follow should make it easy. If you've never opened the terminal before, you may want to now :-)
0. Requirements
The only requirement for TuxOnIce is that your swap partition be at least as large as the amount of memory (RAM) you have. You can check this by:
Start the terminal with Ctrl+Alt+T
Type
free -m
, and you should see something like this:The number after
Swap:
(e.g. 1536) should be more than the number afterMem:
(e.g. 1024)If this is not the case, and your swap is smaller than your memory, you must either resize and increase the size of your swap partition, or configure TuxOnIce to use a special swap file. That is beyond the scope of this answer, but if you ask another question and mention it in the comments, I will answer and explain how.
1. Installing the TuxOnIce kernel
Start the terminal with Ctrl+Alt+T
Ubuntu should now start up with the TuxOnIce kernel. If there are any problems, keep the Shift pressed at startup and you will get the Grub menu. Use the arrow keys to go to
Previous Linux Versions
, press enter, and press enter again to go back to the working kernel.2. Testing hibernation functionality.
Open some of the applications you normally use, e.g. Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, etc.
sudo pm-hibernate
, press enter, enter your password.You should see the lock screen for a second, and then the TuxOnIce hibernation progress screen, like the one below:
If all this worked, go to Step 3, which lets you enable Hibernate from the dashboard.
3. Enabling hibernation from the dashboard
Press Alt+F2, type the below and then press enter:
Paste the below, press Ctrl+S to save and Ctrl+Q to exit the editor:
Restart, and you should see the Hibernate option as shown below:
4. Removing TuxOnIce
If TuxOnIce doesn't work for you, or you simply wish to remove it, start the terminal and enter:
and remember to disable the Hibernate option in the menu with:
Then restart.