Ask HN: Why is the Linux community struggling to implement hibernation?

Re:Ask HN: Why is the Linux community struggling to implemen... by terhechte on Thursday April 08, 2021 @11:48AM (#26740240)

I have a gaming PC with Windows and Linux. "Sleep" on Windows fails every second time for me (the screen is off but the machine continues to run), whereas on Linux it fails every ~10th time. No idea what the issue is but I have fairly standard hardware. On the other hand, I can't remember the last time sleep didn't work on any of my Macs.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is the Linux community struggling to implemen... by crummel on Thursday April 08, 2021 @04:12PM (#26743181)

How long are you giving it for sleep to actually turn off? "Hybrid sleep", which is on by default now, can look like this - the monitor and peripherals will turn off first and then it can take another minute or so while the machine writes out its RAM for the hibernate portion.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is the Linux community struggling to implemen... by the_only_law on Thursday April 08, 2021 @12:49PM (#26741009)

I had an odd issue with Windows sleeping on one of my machines a while back.

Once the machine went back sleep, I could not get the video signal back. All the other hardware would wake up fine, but I’d have to fully reboot to get video back.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is the Linux community struggling to implemen... by gsich on Thursday April 08, 2021 @02:04PM (#26741848)

Sleep might not be hibernate. If it's just standby some device (Mouse, ethernet ...) might wake it instantly.

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