Error: kernel cannot suspend to ram.

[Paul Smith]

On 10/1/07, Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > > > > > > When running on the console the command 'pm-suspend', I get
> > the following:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > $ pm-suspend
> > > > > > > Error: kernel cannot suspend to ram.
> > > > > > > $
> > >
> > > I just looked at pm-suspend's source. This error message means that
> > > in /sys/power/state there's no mem present (try
> > 'cat /sys/power/state'
> > > to see what is supported).
> >
> >
> > $ cat /sys/power/state
> > standby disk
> > $
> On my machine the above command returns:
> mem disk
>
> So mem is indeed not present on your machine.

And is it a configuration problem or hardware inability?

Paul