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Idea #17463: Suspend to Disk (Hibernate) needs to report progress

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #15861: Usplash when going down for Hibernate or Standby.
Written by hackel the 19 Jan 09 at 15:38. Category: Look and Feel. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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Hibernation takes a long time, especially on modern computers with 4+ GB RAM. There needs to be some type of indication as to what is going on instead of the current blank text-mode console (aside from perhaps with some confusing kernel error messages).

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edm1 wrote on the 20 Jan 09 at 00:50
In time kernel mode setting will help make this and the boot procedure much prettier.

spitfire wrote on the 21 Jan 09 at 19:29
Tuxonice has fbsplash userui, maybe it coul display progress of hibernation?

yzarc wrote on the 11 Feb 09 at 07:31
it seems to take more time than a clean boot on my computer, hibernate is something to be improved. if possible, should be put a flag in grub to load the suspended session immediately (skipping choosing and time counting phase).

rouge568 wrote on the 13 Feb 09 at 01:10
All I can ask is, why?
If I am hibernating my computer, my only goal is to get the computer to a no-power state as quickly as possible. I don't want to watch it go to that state, I want to push a button and walk away. Anyways, a splash screen would add a process, slowing down the whole sequence, and requiring that the X server stays up for a long time.
Not for me, thank you.

sparky11 wrote on the 25 Feb 09 at 14:29
rouge586: If you were new to ubuntu and free software in general, you would be freaked out if you told the computer to hibernate and you got a black screen with a blinking line. It looks much better if you see a progressbar which lets you know that it is actually working.

javaiscoolmike wrote on the 11 Apr 09 at 18:59
rouge586: if you count the extra time in units of ns or ps, then maybe you have a point; but putting a graphic up to say suspending or resuming is not a big time waister(and I am sure it will be removable if you care about a few nano-seconds). We can ATLEAST show just a black screen(instead of ugly text) until it's resumed.

as far the time it takes to suspend/resume/hibernate; this can't/won't likely change that issue, but that needs improved too! it takes like 5-10 seconds to suspend my laptop way to long!

waiting for "kernel mode setting" to make this easier to do was _really_ silly! in the present we could at least just a show black screen(instead of ugly text)

fermulator wrote on the 20 Jun 09 at 15:13
agreed


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