Do I need a swap *partition* to use hibernation?

[Bo Berglund]

On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 07:54:01 -0400 (EDT), Robert Heller
<heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:

>> If so exactly how does one create a swap partition using Gparted?
>> 
>
>Like any other partition, except it is of type "Linux Swap"  and you use 
>mkswap to create the "file system".  You won't need 30 GB.  8GB *should* be 
>enough, depending on how much you use the swap under normal use.  If you 
>regularly dip well into swap space under "normal" usage, you should make the 
>swap partition larger.
>
Thanks, I found this page where there is also a size recommendation:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq

So I have created the swap partition (12.5 GB) and activated it.

I also followed the instructions regarding how hibernation can be done
(is at the end of the page above).

So now I have presumably configured the hibernate infrastructure but
unfortunately there is no visible way in the Mate menus to activate a
hibernation shutdown...


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Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden