On Fri, 2016-10-07 at 09:22 -0500, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:
you do not mention if problem system is a desktop or laptop, tho such may not matter.
It's desktop with an added Nvidia card.
in following your thread, there are a couple things that i wonder about.
1- did problem start after an update or some other system change?
Most likely after an Nvidia driver update, but TBH I wasn't paying attention.
2- why do you place fault with graphics card?
I place the problem with the graphics *driver* because when I switch drivers it goes away, and when I switch them back it returns.
3- is swap partition of adequate size to hold running programs that are using memory/disk space along with running system?
Yes. I enabled hibernation months ago and it worked up until fairly recently (2 or 4 weeks roughly). Hence my conclusion that the Nvidia drivers have something to do with it. Unfortunately Googling the issue doesn't show up anything useful. If I kept notes of significant changes (or could understand the systemd journal) I could probably pin it down, but that's a big ask. I suspect many of us are in the same position.
As I said, I'm happy enough with suspend for now. My aim was to reduce power consumption at night (this isn't a server that has to be on all the time).
poc