Swapfile created. System not Hibernating

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I have created a hibernate swapfile under /home/ with exactly 64gb and then 68gb.
Root does not have space for 64gb swapfile.

64gb swapfile freezes system for a while and then gets back to normal.
68gb does nothing on clicking.
Now hibernate option doesn’t appear.

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The steps apply to ext4 right? /home/ is etx4.

I went through some old manjaro threads and other google stuff but no clear solution.

Does what this peer says make sense to you?

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Should i follow the steps in this arch article? Power management/Suspend and hibernate - ArchWiki

2

Following that wiki will likely solve your problems.

3

The arch wiki?

Manjaro’s wiki should maybe be updated.

4

Most of the time the Arch wiki will work when you need info.

5

Rule of thumb should be to follow manjaro wiki 1st and then if it does not work, arch?

Or always arch?

6

The manjaro wiki is easier to understand a lot of the time, and sometimes has commands that are manjaro specific. But in the end they mostly have the same info, up to you.

7

Well in this case i will follow manjaro 1st. And then if needed arch :slight_smile:
Thanks for chiming in! :pray:

8

yes!

… but you decided to put your swap file not under / but somewhere under /home instead.

/etc/fstab needs to reflect this
and if /home is a different partition - this might necessitate further adjustments to the grub parameters in /etc/default/grub

Show (not tell) what you have got.
provide the info that only you have
… file contents, machine info, partition info …
inxi -Fazy for instance
and … current file contents …

/etc/mkinitcpio.conf - especially the HOOKS line in it
/etc/default/grub
/etc/fstab
lsblk -f
…

9

My root partition is 64gb size only. No space for the swap file!
If the best approach is to grow the root partition i’ll do that!
Otherwise I prefer to do extra tweaks to make the swapfile work under /home.

inxi -Fazy                                                                            ✔ 
System:
  Kernel: 5.19.1-3-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.1
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.19-x86_64
    root=UUID=ece9fde4-aa4e-441d-8ef7-db685b9c348e rw
    resume=UUID=41b019f3-091c-4ab7-88df-be4b1cf9cee1 quiet
    resume=UUID=41b019f3-091c-4ab7-88df-be4b1cf9cee1 udev.log_priority=3
    nowatchdog
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Machine:
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  Mobo: Dell model: 03DYVY v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
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Battery:
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CPU:
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    stepping: 0xD (13) microcode: 0xF0
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB
    L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1801 high: 2800 min/max: 800/4700 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 822 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
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  Device-2: NVIDIA TU117GLM [Quadro T2000 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: Dell
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    arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm built: 2018-22 pcie: gen: 3
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  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 1-5.3.4:11 alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl
    chip-ID: 0bda:402e class-ID: 0102 bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a348
    serial: <filter> class-ID: 0403
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  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.56 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3b:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2526 class-ID: 0280
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Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter type: USB driver: btusb
    v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-4:4 chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 687.19 GiB (72.0%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: PC601A NVMe 1TB
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    lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 80001111 temp: 35.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 62.5 GiB size: 61.22 GiB (97.95%) used: 34.79 GiB (56.8%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
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  ID-3: /home raw-size: 191 GiB size: 186.94 GiB (97.87%) used: 110.4 GiB
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Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 68.36 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    file: /home/swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C pch: 48.0 C mobo: 35.0 C gpu: nouveau
    temp: 27.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2388 fan-2: 2384
Info:
  Processes: 315 Uptime: 1h 13m wakeups: 4 Memory: 62.44 GiB used: 10.06 GiB
  (16.1%) Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers:
  gcc: 12.1.1 clang: 14.0.6 Packages: 1673 pm: pacman pkgs: 1643 libs: 442
  tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak pkgs: 16 pm: snap pkgs: 14 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9
  default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.21

/etc/mkinitcpio.conf

# vim:set ft=sh
# 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 resume 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=()

# MODULES_DECOMPRESS
# Decompress kernel modules during initramfs creation.
# Enable to speedup boot process, disable to save RAM
# during early userspace. Switch (yes/no).
#MODULES_DECOMPRESS="yes"

/etc/default/grub

GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Manjaro"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet resume=UUID=41b019f3-091c-4ab7-88df-be4b1cf9cee1 udev.log_priority=3 nowatchdog"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="resume=UUID=41b019f3-091c-4ab7-88df-be4b1cf9cee1"

# If you want to enable the save default function, uncomment the following
# line, and set GRUB_DEFAULT to saved.
GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true

# Uncomment to disable submenus in boot menu
#GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=y

# 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

/etc/fstab

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a device; this may
# be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices that works even if
# disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system>             <mount point>  <type>  <options>  <dump>  <pass>
UUID=AC41-CD02                            /boot/efi      vfat    umask=0077 0 2
# UUID=41b019f3-091c-4ab7-88df-be4b1cf9cee1 swap           swap    defaults,noatime 0 0
UUID=ece9fde4-aa4e-441d-8ef7-db685b9c348e /              ext4    defaults,noatime 0 1
UUID=32a01f29-852c-43f0-8b05-9b57ed038190 /home          ext4    defaults,noatime 0 2
tmpfs                                     /tmp           tmpfs   defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0

/home/swapfile none swap defaults 0 0

lsblk -f

lsblk -f                                                                          127 ✘ 
NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID                                 FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
loop0
     squash 4.0                                                    0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/core18/2538
loop1
     squash 4.0                                                    0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/acrordrdc/62
loop2
     squash 4.0                                                    0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/core/13425
loop3
     squash 4.0                                                    0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/bare/5
loop4
     squash 4.0                                                    0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/core20/1611
loop5
     squash 4.0                                                    0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/gnome-3-28-1804/161
loop6
     squash 4.0                                                    0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/gnome-3-38-2004/115
loop7
     squash 4.0                                                    0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/gtk-common-themes/1535
loop8
     squash 4.0                                                    0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/notepad-plus-plus/369
loop9
     squash 4.0                                                    0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/notepad-plus-plus/372
loop10
     squash 4.0                                                    0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/wine-platform-6-stable/19
loop11
     squash 4.0                                                    0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/wine-platform-7-devel-core20/17
loop12
     squash 4.0                                                    0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/wine-platform-runtime/315
loop13
     squash 4.0                                                    0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/wine-platform-runtime/316
loop14
     squash 4.0                                                    0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/wine-platform-runtime-core20/35
loop15
     squash 4.0                                                    0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/wine-platform-runtime-core20/34
loop16
                                                                   0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/core18/2560
nvme0n1
                                                                            
├─nvme0n1p1
│    vfat   FAT32       1C88-56D1                                           
├─nvme0n1p2
│    ntfs               28E289C4E28996AA                      155.3G    78% /run/media/user/28E289C4E28996AA
├─nvme0n1p3
│    ntfs               5E1806201805F7B3                                    
├─nvme0n1p4
│    vfat   FAT32 NO_LABEL
│                       AC41-CD02                             511.4M     0% /boot/efi
├─nvme0n1p5
│    swap   1           41b019f3-091c-4ab7-88df-be4b1cf9cee1                
├─nvme0n1p6
│    ext4   1.0         ece9fde4-aa4e-441d-8ef7-db685b9c348e   23.3G    57% /
└─nvme0n1p7
     ext4   1.0         32a01f29-852c-43f0-8b05-9b57ed038190     67G    59% /home
10

resume=UUID=41b019f3-091c-4ab7-88df-be4b1cf9cee1

in:

/etc/default/grub
in:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet resume=UUID=41b019f3-091c-4ab7-88df-be4b1cf9cee1 udev.log_priority=3 nowatchdog"

What UUID is this? What disk does it refer to?

None of your disks (in /etc/fstab) match this one.

This obviously can’t work.
And, for a swap file, you also need to give “resume_offset= ...” in the same line.

What that UUID actually refers to is a swap partition that you have (with no size info I can glean from
lsblk -f ) is:

─nvme0n1p5
│    swap   1           41b019f3-091c-4ab7-88df-be4b1cf9cee1

your current configuration appears to be pretty messy - it’s all over the place

Get rid of that swap partition - you are still using it (to resume from) in GRUB config instead of your swap file.

11

This is the original swap partition of 2GB. I followed a manjaro tutorial and did not realize i needed 64gb partition for the hibernate.
I commented it in fstab so the swapfile takes over.

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In fstab?

Done!

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Should be like this?

---fstab file---
resume_offset= /home/swapfile none swap defaults 0 0

---grub file---
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet resume=/home/swapfile udev.log_priority=3 nowatchdog"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="resume=/home/swapfile"
12

No!

I’m too tired to give sound advice.

The best thing - and what you should do - is:
start over
reading the wiki, taking a methodical, structured approach.

All I could do here is rehashing what is described, in detail, in the wiki.

Perhaps I will even do that - but certainly not today.

resume=

belongs in /etc/default/grub
and it refers to the partition the swap file is on

resume_offset= ...
is the physical location of the swap file in that partition - it also belongs in /etc/default/grub

What you do not need or want anymore, anywhere, is:
any reference to your old swap partition

… and then a picture of the deleted swap partition

This is not what I meant - you still had it referenced in /etc/default/grub
as the partition to resume from
instead of the swap file
that you actually wanted to use.

13

Got it! I’ll read the arch wiki carefully.

14

This /etc/fstab was o.k.:

This is how /etc/default/grub should look like:

GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Manjaro"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="resume=UUID=32a01f29-852c-43f0-8b05-9b57ed038190 resume_offset=xxx quiet udev.log_priority=3 nowatchdog"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

...

explanation:

resume=UUID=32a01f29-852c-43f0-8b05-9b57ed038190

is the UUID of your /home partition, were you decided to put your swap file
this tells the system to resume from that partition - where the swap file is

You then only need to fill in the:
resume_offset=xxx
the physical location of that swap file on that partition

You know how to find that - filefrag ...

You need the swap file to be about as large as the amount of RAM you have - because the RAM contents are written to the swap file when hibernating
and it of course needs to fit in.

HTH

I don’t know whether that will or can work
because /home is (and needs to be) mounted to /
/ is mounted first - then /home to it
I would not be surprised if trying to resume from /home while / wasn’t already mounted
would not work.