Hello!
This is a Kubuntu thread. (Not Ubuntu's!) It begins like this: I tried Ubuntu's (not Kubuntu's!) Live CD. Using it, I installed Ubuntu on an external hard disk. The idea is that I can move it between two computers.
At the time of installation, there were three options. Two said that I already had Ubuntu installed on the hard disk but I actually have Kubuntu, not Ubuntu. So I tried the third option, which was the "custom" option that lets one deal with partitions directly. Anyway, the other two options were to replace Kubuntu (which they thought was Ubuntu) or to install alongside it, but that was not what I wanted.
The installer wanted to use Kubuntu's swap area but I wanted a new swap to be installed in the external hard disk so that when I move it to the other computer it works. So I did all the proper partitioning and configuration on the external hard disk: ext4 + swap. On the internal hard disk, I marked the partitions to not be used by the installer. I think I did the right choice -- the Kubuntu partition is untouched.
However, when I booted into Kubuntu to make sure everything was in order, I found that the Hibernate option was missing. I use it a lot, so I've been trying to troubleshoot it back into full functionality.
I discovered that the swap partition on the internal (Kubuntu's) hard disk was deactivated. But every time I would activate it and restart to see if Kubuntu gained the Hibernate option, it would deactivate again. So I deleted the swap partition and recreated it myself. But I would still have the same problem. I finally made the swap partition to stay active by editing /etc/fstab and changing the UUID of the swap partition with the new one, which I obtained by running blkid. (Quite unfortunately, I forgot to write down the old UUID.) So now the Hibernate option works... well, not really, only the first half works. It powers down as hibernations normally do, I can tell since I've done it often and the behavior is identical to how it used to be. But when I power the computer back on, the system does not resume what had hibernated, instead it powers on as if I had chosen Shut down instead of Hibernate.
I use Hibernate a lot. Can anyone please tell me how to fix this situation? Thank you very, very much.
This is a Kubuntu thread. (Not Ubuntu's!) It begins like this: I tried Ubuntu's (not Kubuntu's!) Live CD. Using it, I installed Ubuntu on an external hard disk. The idea is that I can move it between two computers.
At the time of installation, there were three options. Two said that I already had Ubuntu installed on the hard disk but I actually have Kubuntu, not Ubuntu. So I tried the third option, which was the "custom" option that lets one deal with partitions directly. Anyway, the other two options were to replace Kubuntu (which they thought was Ubuntu) or to install alongside it, but that was not what I wanted.
The installer wanted to use Kubuntu's swap area but I wanted a new swap to be installed in the external hard disk so that when I move it to the other computer it works. So I did all the proper partitioning and configuration on the external hard disk: ext4 + swap. On the internal hard disk, I marked the partitions to not be used by the installer. I think I did the right choice -- the Kubuntu partition is untouched.
However, when I booted into Kubuntu to make sure everything was in order, I found that the Hibernate option was missing. I use it a lot, so I've been trying to troubleshoot it back into full functionality.
I discovered that the swap partition on the internal (Kubuntu's) hard disk was deactivated. But every time I would activate it and restart to see if Kubuntu gained the Hibernate option, it would deactivate again. So I deleted the swap partition and recreated it myself. But I would still have the same problem. I finally made the swap partition to stay active by editing /etc/fstab and changing the UUID of the swap partition with the new one, which I obtained by running blkid. (Quite unfortunately, I forgot to write down the old UUID.) So now the Hibernate option works... well, not really, only the first half works. It powers down as hibernations normally do, I can tell since I've done it often and the behavior is identical to how it used to be. But when I power the computer back on, the system does not resume what had hibernated, instead it powers on as if I had chosen Shut down instead of Hibernate.
I use Hibernate a lot. Can anyone please tell me how to fix this situation? Thank you very, very much.
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