On Sat, 2023-07-08 at 20:45 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 7/8/23 07:38, Doug Herr wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 8, 2023, at 5:11 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > I'm experimenting with hibernating rather than suspending my > > > system > > > overnight. However I get this: > > > > > > $ sudo systemctl hibernate > > > Call to Hibernate failed: Not enough swap space for hibernation > > > > > > But: > > > > > > $ free -h > > > total used free shared > > > buff/cache available > > > Mem: 15Gi 4.6Gi 3.4Gi 80Mi > > > 7.5Gi 10Gi > > > Swap: 71Gi 0B 71Gi > > > $ swapon > > > NAME TYPE SIZE USED PRIO > > > /SWAP/swapfile file 64G 0B -2 > > > /dev/zram0 partition 8G 0B 100 > > > > > > So it appears that I should have enough swap. What's going on? > > > > If I remember right (and it has not changed) then you need an > > actual swap partition and not just a "swapfile". > > > > I think the partition will also need to be listed in the Grub boot > > line also. > > A swap file can work, but it needs special setup in the boot command > line so the kernel can find it. You might be able to find a previous > thread about that if you search the mailing list archives.
I found this handy guide: https://fedoramagazine.org/hibernation-in-fedora-36-workstation/ It does require some fiddling around to work out the swapfile's physical offset on the drive, but I'm going to try it. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
