[EdLUG] Linux hibernate

[Colin Shorts]

I'm no expert on hibernate (I use suspend myself), but iirc you'll need at
least as much free swap as system ram +used swap. 64GB doesn't sound
unreasonable as a starting point assuming you've got enough space and
considering how much Chrome can chew up.

-Colin

On Wed, 14 Sept 2022, 18:03 Andrew Smith, <asmith9983 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Guys
> For quite a while, I've been putting my system into suspend mode, which
> was successful , apart from an odd occassion.  I now want to try saving
> more energy
> I've tried powering down, but would like it to restart in the same state
> rather than with a new login, as I had with suspend.
> I've tried "systemctl suspend-then-hibernate" from root CLI, but  I get
> essentially  a fresh boot.
>
> Any suggestions ?
> I'm running kernel 5.4.0-125-generic from Ubuntu, in 32Gb RAM, and
> typically have a around hundred tabs open on Chrome.
> Andrew
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