cant hibernate to swapfile

[Johan Kröckel]

I installed ubuntustudio 8.04.1 without a swapspace on an encrypted volume on a lvm volume.
The hibernate-button is available but wouldnt work because theres no swapspace.
Now I create a swapfile:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/swap bs=1M count=2500
Then I add resume= and resume_offset= options to defoptions in menu.lst and run update-grub.
After the next reboot theres no hibernate-button available anymore.

This is a regression, because the exact same configuration worked in earlier ubuntustudio versions. I think even with hardy-betas.

johan@baghdad:~$ free
             total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 2066408 578840 1487568 0 17236 280444
-/+ buffers/cache: 281160 1785248
Swap: 2559992 0 2559992
johan@baghdad:~$ uname -a
Linux baghdad 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Fri Jul 11 23:41:49 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
johan@baghdad:~$ cat /proc/swaps
Filename Type Size Used Priority
/swap file 2559992 0 -1

root@baghdad:~# filefrag -v /swap
Checking /swap
Filesystem type is: ef53
Filesystem cylinder groups is approximately 249
Blocksize of file /swap is 4096
File size of /swap is 2621440000 (640000 blocks)
First block: 126976
Last block: 1449574

[Nick Ellery (nick.ellery)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in linux.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test:

1) If you are comfortable installing packages on your own, the linux-image-2.6.27-* package is currently available for you to install and test.

--or--

2) The upcoming Alpha5 for Intrepid Ibex 8.10 will contain this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. Alpha5 is set to be released Thursday Sept 4. Please watch http://www.ubuntu.com/testing for Alpha5 to be announced. You should then be able to test via a LiveCD.

Please let us know immediately if this newer 2.6.27 kernel resolves the bug reported here or if the issue remains. More importantly, please open a new bug report for each new bug/regression introduced by the 2.6.27 kernel and tag the bug report with 'linux-2.6.27'. Also, please specifically note if the issue does or does not appear in the 2.6.26 kernel. Thanks again, we really appreicate your help and feedback.

[René Oelke (rene.oelke)]

I have the same problem (Ubuntu 8.04.1 on an Mac mini): If I use no swap hibernate button is available but doesn't work. If I use a swap file the hibernate button isn't available (in /etc/fstab: "/swap swap ..." and in /boot/grub/menu.lst: "resume=/dev/sda3 resume_offset=99587").

I then installed the kernel 2.6.27-3.4 from Ubuntu 8.10 (testing). The result is the same. Hibernate isn't available (see attachment).

So I think the new kernel doesn't resolves the bug. The issue remains.

I also tried do test option 2) with a LiveCD of 8.10 Alpha6. But no success. Hibernation isn't available and I don't know how to configure a swap file for a LiveCD.

[René Oelke (rene.oelke)]

I also tried to use a swap partition instead of a swap file. I removed the swap file, added a swap partition and activated this for swapping and resuming (in /etc/fstab: "/dev/sda4 swap ..." and in /boot/grub/menu.lst: "... resume=/dev/sda4").

Now the hibernate button is available (see attachment) and hibernation is working correctly.

So I think that there is a generell problem when using swap files and hibernation. But I don't know if this is a kernel or Ubuntu problem. I haven't another distribution to test it.

[PetrB (petr-bug)]

Thank you for the report.

There has been rumor that hibernation on WUBI installs (which uses swap file) may cause freeze. So the hibernate feature was removed. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pm-utils/+bug/224697

(I am not advocating the change, I am just reporting current state.)

[kernel-janitor (kernel-janitor)]

Hi Johan,

This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue, could you run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux-image-`uname -r` 252143

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

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[3sv (dries-3sv)]

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[3sv (dries-3sv)]

Hello,

This bug still exists in the release candidate for 9.10 - karmic koala. I have created a swapfile, added the resume=/dev/resume_partition as a parameter in grub, but hibernating does not work.

I have run the apport-collect -p linux-image-`uname -r` 252143 command to add the asked debug information.

[Christian Stöveken (excogitation)]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1042946
Afaict the problem still persists in 9.10

[RBertrand (r-bertrand)]

I encountered problems hibernating to a swapfile with/on an ext4 fs. On ext3, all went well, however.

In de log I found entries about recognizing the correct hibernation image whilst resuming after hibernation to disc:
Jan 18 11:28:24 MyC2DLaptop kernel: [ 0.926459] PM: Checking image partition UUID=fa17f5e8-8818-4c00-ae18-7a02e9394d39

But further on I also found an entry about unable to resume from it:
Jan 18 11:28:24 MyC2DLaptop kernel: [ 2.790124] PM: Resume from disk failed.

After that, a "manual" resume is tried:
Jan 18 11:28:24 MyC2DLaptop kernel: [ 18.941348] PM: Starting manual resume from disk
Jan 18 11:28:24 MyC2DLaptop kernel: [ 18.941352] PM: Resume from partition 8:3
Jan 18 11:28:24 MyC2DLaptop kernel: [ 18.941354] PM: Checking hibernation image.
Jan 18 11:28:24 MyC2DLaptop kernel: [ 18.941578] PM: Resume from disk failed.

I seems to me the kernel has a problem reading the image file on ext4. I changed to ext3 for both my system and swapfile location (which is on the system partition) and had no problems anymore using swapfile for hibernation.

[Code Rage (wbca3110376)]

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[Code Rage (wbca3110376)]

I apologize if I have added unwanted information/posts on this matter and without any direct request from someone here to do so.

For the record: I do have this issue with hibernation failing to find a header, thus failing. I do not have the option of a swap partition as there are other partitions that came installed on this machine that I was not comfortable with manipulating. I have the swap file created by dd located in /mnt/8000Mb.swap. I am still researching things to see if I can find something I can do to resolve this issue on my machine. Long story short, I am looking to find the area where hibernation maps itself to a swap location, and hopefully be able to modify that to seek swap files within the partition the active ubuntu installation is running in.

Thank You

[^_Pepe_^ (jose-angel-fernandez-freire)]

To all reporters.

This bug report, has been used for slightly different problems for many users.

I'd suggest:

1. Mark this as Incomplete, to let the orginal reporter (8.04) include any update.
2. Open new bugs (Lucid/Maverick) for the other cases.

Thanks to all.

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu release http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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[Code Rage (wbca3110376)]

As of today, this issue still continues regarding hibernate. I have thus far managed to get suspend to work via using s2ram as detailed at http://jasonkotenko.com/posts/toshiba-laptop-suspend-lucid/ as linked to from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1481371. I will try using the s2disk stuff later on after more research, but I wanted to report here that this bug with hibernate continues to fail. It fails as a result of being unable to find headers or something like that. I have since my last post here, been able to create a swap partition, but I prefer to use the swap file that I created within the active partition instead.

Please let me know anything you'd like me to provide to help work this issue out.