how do i get my system to hibernate?

purplekaycee · 10-10-2016, 10:51 AM

searched all the features on the desktop to no avail.

rtmistler · 10-10-2016, 11:29 AM

Bring up the menu and type in "power" and see if you have a power management application in your desktop and see if that provides you with the flexibility you're seeking.

Tonus · 10-10-2016, 02:26 PM

Try with command line to see if you have this hability :
As root "pm-suspend"
Or su -c 'pm-suspend'

goumba · 10-12-2016, 08:49 AM

You can't find the feature? Or is it not working?

If the former, what release of Debian? Desktop Environment??

If the latter, do you have a swap partition? Is it larger than the amount of installed ram?

purplekaycee · 10-13-2016, 08:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tonus

Try with command line to see if you have this hability :
As root "pm-suspend"
Or su -c 'pm-suspend'

this command line worked but am still looking for a desktop app

purplekaycee · 10-13-2016, 08:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goumba

You can't find the feature? Or is it not working?

If the former, what release of Debian? Desktop Environment??

If the latter, do you have a swap partition? Is it larger than the amount of installed ram?

cant find feature
ita debian 8.4.0
genome desktop
no swap partition

Tonus · 10-14-2016, 12:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by purplekaycee

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tonus

Try with command line to see if you have this hability :
As root "pm-suspend"
Or su -c 'pm-suspend'

this command line worked but am still looking for a desktop app

My mistake : suspend is suspend to ram, not hibernate.

Without a swap partition or file you won't be able to hibernate : hibernate is suspend to disk.

purplekaycee · 10-14-2016, 02:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tonus

My mistake : suspend is suspend to ram, not hibernate.

Without a swap partition or file you won't be able to hibernate : hibernate is suspend to disk.

assuming a get annother hdd and use as swap
how do i configure and use?I have a 3TB hdd

Jjanel · 10-14-2016, 05:35 AM

Hi&welcome! How is your current disk partitioned? (3T is huge; maybe plenty!)
Post model of PC/laptop. Try some web-searches like:
debian|ubuntu|mint hibernate how to
This finds tons, like: http://wiki.debian.org/Hibernation
Oh, and it links to: https://wiki.debian.org/Hibernation/...Swap_Partition
And more, from a search for: Hibernate without Swap Partition

Best wishes! (when you run into a problem, post essential details & what searches you tried)

purplekaycee · 10-17-2016, 03:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jjanel

Hi&welcome! How is your current disk partitioned? (3T is huge; maybe plenty!)
Post model of PC/laptop. Try some web-searches like:
debian|ubuntu|mint hibernate how to
This finds tons, like: http://wiki.debian.org/Hibernation
Oh, and it links to: https://wiki.debian.org/Hibernation/...Swap_Partition
And more, from a search for: Hibernate without Swap Partition

Best wishes! (when you run into a problem, post essential details & what searches you tried)

I will post a screenshot of my disk partition later

purplekaycee · 10-17-2016, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jjanel

Hi&welcome! How is your current disk partitioned? (3T is huge; maybe plenty!)
Post model of PC/laptop. Try some web-searches like:
debian|ubuntu|mint hibernate how to
This finds tons, like: http://wiki.debian.org/Hibernation
Oh, and it links to: https://wiki.debian.org/Hibernation/...Swap_Partition
And more, from a search for: Hibernate without Swap Partition

Best wishes! (when you run into a problem, post essential details & what searches you tried)

my system disk information

Jjanel · 10-19-2016, 02:29 AM

It looks like you have a swap partition (on the right in picture). Add /dev/sda5 this way...

Try these commands (if you have a 'terminal'): free; swapon -s; uname -a

Does this work?

I'm Newbie on this, so welcome other LQ'ers help/advice...

kiyop · 10-22-2016, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by purplekaycee

my system disk information

What is "my system disk" (your "system disk")?
Your "system disk" is the hdd where the debian is installed, isn't it?

Quote:

Originally Posted by purplekaycee

assuming a get annother hdd and use as swap
how do i configure and use?I have a 3TB hdd

Your "3TB disk" is different from your "system disk", isn't it?

First, boot the installed debian and open a terminal and execute

Code:

cat /etc/fstab
free -m

and post the results.