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I did it this time for you. Please do it like this in the future.
Thank you 
You didn’t set any hibernation parameter, so no wonder that it does not work.
Short steps:
I am using a swap file, do those steps you linked to still apply because it references a swap partition?
Ah I see… it needs this:
# $uuid
findmnt -no UUID -T /swapfile
# $offset
filefrag -v /swapfile | awk '{ if($1=="0:"){print substr($4, 1, length($4)-2)} }'
resume=UUID=$uuid resume_offset=$offset
Everything else is the same. Hope you are not using BTRFS or LUKS, that needs more.
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I just went through a lot of googling to figure out if I was using BTRFS or not because I saw /etc/default/grub-btrfs/
and panicked, because I saw in all the guides to setting up swap that BTRFS needs more steps, that I did not take, then I finally figured out what file system I am running, and it’s ext4.
I’m sorry, what am I supposed to do with the offset? I don’t think that the other link mentions it.
Please read this here then: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Power_management/Suspend_and_hibernate#Hibernation_into_swap_file
Add it to the kernel parameter at grub.
So I did all the steps, and it still doesn’t work, and the logs give me the same errors. So I must have done the steps wrong, in /etc/default/grub, do I need to get rid of the “” around what I am supposed to add?
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Manjaro"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="resume=UUID=f6898bf0-f23e-4f8c-8f59-2b16eaa17936"
# If you want to enable the save default function, uncomment the following
# line, and set GRUB_DEFAULT to saved.
GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true
# Preload both GPT and MBR modules so that they are not missed
GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="part_gpt part_msdos"
# Uncomment to enable booting from LUKS encrypted devices
#GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK=y
# Uncomment to use basic console
GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT=console
# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal
#GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT=console
# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command 'videoinfo'
GRUB_GFXMODE=auto
# Uncomment to allow the kernel use the same resolution used by grub
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
# Uncomment if you want GRUB to pass to the Linux kernel the old parameter
# format "root=/dev/xxx" instead of "root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/xxx"
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true
# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true
# Uncomment this option to enable os-prober execution in the grub-mkconfig command
GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false
# Uncomment and set to the desired menu colors. Used by normal and wallpaper
# modes only. Entries specified as foreground/background.
GRUB_COLOR_NORMAL="light-gray/black"
GRUB_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT="green/black"
# Uncomment one of them for the gfx desired, a image background or a gfxtheme
#GRUB_BACKGROUND="/usr/share/grub/background.png"
GRUB_THEME="/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/theme.txt"
# Uncomment to get a beep at GRUB start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"
# Uncomment to ensure that the root filesystem is mounted read-only so that
# systemd-fsck can run the check automatically. We use 'fsck' by default, which
# needs 'rw' as boot parameter, to avoid delay in boot-time. 'fsck' needs to be
# removed from 'mkinitcpio.conf' to make 'systemd-fsck' work.
# See also Arch-Wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fsck#Boot_time_checking
#GRUB_ROOT_FS_RO=true
# MODULES
# The following modules are loaded before any boot hooks are
# run. Advanced users may wish to specify all system modules
# in this array. For instance:
# MODULES=(piix ide_disk reiserfs)
MODULES=""
# BINARIES
# This setting includes any additional binaries a given user may
# wish into the CPIO image. This is run last, so it may be used to
# override the actual binaries included by a given hook
# BINARIES are dependency parsed, so you may safely ignore libraries
BINARIES=()
# FILES
# This setting is similar to BINARIES above, however, files are added
# as-is and are not parsed in any way. This is useful for config files.
FILES=""
# HOOKS
# This is the most important setting in this file. The HOOKS control the
# modules and scripts added to the image, and what happens at boot time.
# Order is important, and it is recommended that you do not change the
# order in which HOOKS are added. Run 'mkinitcpio -H <hook name>' for
# help on a given hook.
# 'base' is _required_ unless you know precisely what you are doing.
# 'udev' is _required_ in order to automatically load modules
# 'filesystems' is _required_ unless you specify your fs modules in MODULES
# Examples:
## This setup specifies all modules in the MODULES setting above.
## No raid, lvm2, or encrypted root is needed.
# HOOKS=(base)
#
## This setup will autodetect all modules for your system and should
## work as a sane default
# HOOKS=(base udev autodetect block filesystems)
#
## This setup will generate a 'full' image which supports most systems.
## No autodetection is done.
# HOOKS=(base udev block filesystems)
#
## This setup assembles a pata mdadm array with an encrypted root FS.
## Note: See 'mkinitcpio -H mdadm' for more information on raid devices.
# HOOKS=(base udev block mdadm encrypt filesystems)
#
## This setup loads an lvm2 volume group on a usb device.
# HOOKS=(base udev block lvm2 filesystems)
#
## NOTE: If you have /usr on a separate partition, you MUST include the
# usr, fsck and shutdown hooks.
HOOKS="base udev resume autodetect modconf block keyboard keymap consolefont filesystems fsck"
# COMPRESSION
# Use this to compress the initramfs image. By default, gzip compression
# is used. Use 'cat' to create an uncompressed image.
#COMPRESSION="gzip"
#COMPRESSION="bzip2"
#COMPRESSION="lzma"
#COMPRESSION="xz"
#COMPRESSION="lzop"
#COMPRESSION="lz4"
#COMPRESSION="zstd"
# COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
# Additional options for the compressor
#COMPRESSION_OPTIONS=()
I ran that command and I hibernated the system, like they said in the thread, since I just realized that they are not the same thing, I am going to go do that now.
well now there is a change, I can no longer try to hibernate, I am not given that option when I press the meta key
Is it now a partition or a swapfile? If it is a swapfile then you missed the offset which i mentioned.
Ok I have not explained that because it was self-explained for me:
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mkinitcpio -P→ create a new init linux image -
update-grub→ recreates a new grub boot menu
So on a reboot the new parameter will be set on the new linux image.
its a swapfile, I just put the offset number at /sys/power/resume_offset
or at least, I thought I had, I just checked and its back to 0
Ok, I just checked after running that command again, and resume_offset keeps getting set back to 0 after I reboot?
Set it on GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= instead. Otherwise there must something wrong with the config.
ok, so I did a stupid and only put the resume offset value at /sys/power/resume_offset, not at grub, so thats why its not working.
On the bright side, I was right when I said that I did one of the steps wrong, so some small victories
Please excuse me for interfering here without being asked. But according to the manual “Partitions needed for Linux” by Robert Goedl, hibernation only works with a swap partition.
Of course, a SWAP file can be used on halfway modern Linux distributions […] – but here you should [not] forget – without a SWAP partition no Hibernation (Suspend to Disk) works, even with a SWAP file such does not work.
Not true.
The OP now is just missing the entry for the file offset of the swap partition he wants to use to hibernate.
How to find it was explained above,
Thank you for your help, it worked
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