I finally resolved it using the proceedure below:
Edit /etc/default/grub and set GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=”acpi_sleep=nonvs”. On most systems, the ‘GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX’ parameter will have no value (i.e “”) so just add the above in there and run a ‘sudo update-grub’.

My system is a Sony Vaio VPCEB1EOE. Hope it helps!

see — http://askubuntu.com/questions/24048/answer/submit

I’m using crunchbang on my Asus latop, and now it hibernates and is able to resume.
Though the screen and pc still lights up when I put the laptop to hibernate – The HDD-LED stops blinking but the power-led etc. still lights up. It’s not a problem, but pretty annoying :)

Thanks for this guide/tutorial !

I have two swap partitions & /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume just pointed to the wrong one…

sudo nano /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume to update to the correct one did the job – works like a charm now!

btw: gparted does a good job telling you the UUIDs…

thx!

Kubuntu 11.10 64 bit on an HP a1730n desktop.

This desktop has never been able to wake up from sleep or hibernation; not under Windows (first Vista then 7) nor under any Ubuntu release since I started with it back on Feisty Fawn.

So it may be that there is something in the hardware, and not with the workaround you posted.

Thanks anyhow, I learned a few things I did not know.

Tried all the above mentioned steps from the main article.

desktop:custom i7:2600 with GB z68 chipset
OS: windows7/Ubuntu 11.10 with gnome-desktop-environment
with little more complication!
I have 5x8Gb swap partition.
So don’t know which one to chose!
$swapon -s
“Filename Type Size Used Priority
/dev/sda11 partition 8302588 0 -1
/dev/sda6 partition 8302588 0 -2
/dev/sda7 partition 8303612 0 -3
/dev/sda8 partition 8303612 0 -4
/dev/sda9 partition 8303612 0 -5
“

Successfully followed steps 1-9, but ran into an error after trying to update initramfs.

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“update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-02063808-generic Warning: No support for locale: en_US.utf8″
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I thought this might be an issue regarding the fact that I have multiple kernels installed, so I used the -u -k flags to specify the kernel I am running on (no luck).

Any ideas?

Tried it a few times and did also make sure to reboot after change before trying to suspend/hibernate.

Suspend seems to work fine, but on resume I get a full boot, i.e. Vaio logo is shown and then the Grub2 menu.

Just FYI
Werner

I ve just solved it, perhaps it can help. :

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When i try “mkswap /dev/sda4″ (step 2) it return “device or resource busy”

/dev/sda4 do not appear anywhere (blkid, …)
With gparted, I can’t format directly, partition is marked as “unknown”
I can delete the partition, then reboot, then format it to swap.

—Do not follow this steps, just for explanation———–
At this point, if I reboot and try to hibernate, it do not resume.
(“option-instat-callback : error-2″ during hibernation, as previously)
Going back to Gparted, partion is marked as “unknown” !

Again : delete, reboot, format as swap, but don’t try to hibernate
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“mkswap /dev/sda4″ (step 2) suceed !

step 3 succeed : in fstab I replace old by new UUID

step 4 : the file /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume do not exist.
I create it and fill it with “RESUME=UUID=’my new uuid’”

step 5, 6, 7 : /dev/disk/by-uuid contain already my new UUID, let it like this.
(Probably done by Gparted ?)

Step 8 : success

step 9 : quite long, but succesfull

Hibernate option have disappeared ! I reboot and it come back.

Try to hibernate, resume… YES !!!

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Thank you very much for this guide.
Sorry for my poor english writing.

Pac