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

[Chris Louden]

I've been using it since A4, and have been doing the updates weekly.
No issues with hibernate on T61.

good fix to know, just in case.

-Chris





On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Chris Penn <cantormath at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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