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

[Dante Lanznaster]

hibernation/suspend issues are most likely related to how the BIOS deals
with S1/S3 states. How old is this spare tower?

On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 2:18 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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