Hibernation Problems on Linux

[Gas_Mask_]

So I'm running LM XFCE 18.1 (just upgraded). Every time I try to hibernate it doesn't work. (Had this problem since before the update, so that has nothing to do with it.)

So I've tried multiple different kernels to try and fix it, and nothing. The usual things that happen when I try to hibernate are: my pc will just shut off, it will sort of hibernate, then when i wake it up either freeze and then restart or just kernel panic, just straight kernel panic, it just locks the screen instead, it will just shut off, or it will restart. (again, I got all of those errors before and after the update, so that's not the problem)

I need hibernate for certain things, so this is a problem.

(Pardon me if this is not the place to post this, I couldn't think of anywhere better after posting in the linux subforum didn't help at all)

P.S. I'm running of a USB drive if that helps. (not a live disk, I actually have LM installed and running off a flash drive)

[Electronics Wizardy]

Does it sleep. Just sleep it no reason to hibernate. 

[Gas_Mask_]

2 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Does it sleep. Just sleep it no reason to hibernate. 

It sleeps fine (mostly, some weird circumstances can cause it to not, but like 90% of the time it sleeps). I need hibernation to save anything I may have open and/or working on if say my laptop is in my bag and the battery hits the critically low point. Plus, I usually have many things open across multiple workspaces all throughout the day, and I never really "finish" what I was all going to do that day, so just hibernating and knowing it'll be there tomorrow no matter what is a nice feeling.

[Gas_Mask_]

Realized I had no swap partition... Even the experienced make dumb mistakes sometimes right? I mean common, we're on the Linus Tech Tips forum