> -----Original Message----- > From: Rafael J. Wysocki [mailto:rjw at sisk.pl] > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 2:27 AM > To: Rasmit Ranjan (WT01 - Semiconductors & Consumer Electronics) > Cc: linux-pm at lists.osdl.org; johannes at sipsolutions.net > Subject: Re: [linux-pm] suspend to disk not working due to > swap space failure > > On Thursday 10 August 2006 08:23, rasmit.ranjan at wipro.com wrote: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Rafael J. Wysocki [mailto:rjw at sisk.pl] > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 11:34 AM > > > To: linux-pm at lists.osdl.org > > > Cc: Rasmit Ranjan (WT01 - Semiconductors & Consumer Electronics); > > > johannes at sipsolutions.net > > > Subject: Re: [linux-pm] suspend to disk not working due to swap > > > space failure > > > > > > On Wednesday 09 August 2006 05:05, rasmit.ranjan at wipro.com wrote: > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Johannes Berg [mailto:johannes at sipsolutions.net] > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 7:23 PM > > > > > To: Rasmit Ranjan (WT01 - Semiconductors & Consumer > Electronics) > > > > > Cc: linux-pm at lists.osdl.org > > > > > Subject: Re: [linux-pm] suspend to disk not working > due to swap > > > > > space failure > > > > > > > > > > rasmit.ranjan at wipro.com wrote: > > > > > > So i tried creating a new > > > > > > swap space by the command " mkswap". But still my swap > > > > > partition does > > > > > > not come up. I reboot my system but that did not > work as well. > > > > > > What might be the problem? > > > > > Is it listed in /etc/fstab so swapon -a can find it? > > > > > > > > No it is not listed in /etc/fstab file. But `fdisk -l` > > > shows the swap > > > > partition. > > > > > > OK > > > > > > What's the name of your swap partition and how does your > /etc/fstab > > > look like? > > > > > > > Output of `fdisk -l` : > > > > Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders Units = > cylinders of 16065 > > * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/hda1 1 383 3076416 12 Compaq > > diagnostics > > /dev/hda2 * 384 2612 17904442+ c W95 > FAT32 (LBA) > > /dev/hda3 2613 3887 10241437+ 83 Linux > > /dev/hda4 3888 4864 7847752+ 5 Extended > > /dev/hda5 3888 3952 522081 82 Linux swap / > > Solaris > > So your swap is supposed to be /dev/hda5. Please do > > # mkswap /dev/hda5 > > [BTW, you could create the swap as a primary partition too.] > > > Content of /etc/fstab : > > > > # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' > for details > > LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults > > 1 1 > > /dev/devpts /dev/pts devpts > gid=5,mode=620 > > 0 0 > > /dev/shm /dev/shm tmpfs defaults > > 0 0 > > /dev/proc /proc proc defaults > > 0 0 > > /dev/sys /sys sysfs defaults > > 0 0 > > > > /dev/hdc /media/cdrecorder auto > > pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 > > Please add the following line to your /etc/fstab: > > /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > Then (assuming you have run mkswap already) please do > > # swapon -a > > and check if it shows up in /proc/swaps . Thanks Rafael. It worked and now my suspend to disk is also working. Thanks. > > Greetings, > Rafael >
