memory limit for hibernation?

[Matt Price]

On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 01:12:55AM -0600, Michael Shulman wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just added 1GB of memory to my thinkpad (total 1.5GB), and now
> hibernate doesn't work any more.  Specifically, the machine hibernates
> fine, then hangs when trying to resume.  Before you ask, I have a 2GB
> swap partition, so there should be enough space.  I am sure the memory
> is the problem because if I remove it, hibernation works again.  I
> read here:
> 
> http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/96509133/m/730002257731
> 
> a reference to a reported bug that ubuntu uses an old version of
> suspend2 which can't handle more than 1G of memory for hibernation,
> but I can't seem to find that bug report myself.  Is this correct?  If
> so, is there anything one can do about it?  Will it be fixed in
> dapper?

as far as I understand, software suspend2 patches are not applied to
the kernels availablei n either dapper or breezy.  swsup2 will
presumably enabled once it's merged into the vanilla kernel tree --
something I believe they're moving towards right now, but probably NOT
in time for dapper.  

Matt

> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
> 

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