[LinuxUsers] Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04-beta Hibernate Hung, Clear Swap, then Boots

[Randall Whitman]

FWIW to anyone...
I installed Ubuntu-9.04beta on a spare tower,
and among other things decided to test hibernate.
When I turned on the computer, it hung hard, no output at all.
on a whim, I zeroed out the swap partition (with DBAN <dban.org>),
after which ubuntu booted and I was able to log in.
Not that I had any data to preserve, but might be useful to know
if such happens in a different situation.

/Randall


(p.s. this is not to imply that Jaunty hibernate hangs either less or more
than other releases; but rather to point out clearing swap.)