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

[Chris Penn]

Isn't Jaunty still alpha or beta?  I am not surprised that it is
hanging if it is alpha or beta.....
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JauntyReleaseSchedule

I never use hibernate......do you get any output at all......logs?

Chris...


On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Randall Whitman <909linux at whizman.com> wrote:
>
> 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.)
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