Hello,
Today for the first time I decided to check out whether hibernate works since I switched to a discreet card. Hibernate was working well with igpu but I realized it shuts down with my discreet card but sleep does what it means, it just “sleeps”.
So what I tried was as follows:-
First I enabled the following services in terminal:
nvidia-suspend.service, nvidia-hibernate.service & nvidia-resume.service
then I added this statement to nvidia-preserve-video-memory.conf :
options nvidia NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1
The I regenerated initramfs using dracut command and rebooted, then tried.
Garuda inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.17.8-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=90f38fa6-2f61-4ff4-8aed-3355bf0cd0f1 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet resume=UUID=25c0f7a4-6014-4e50-adaf-09327feba0fb loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.5.3 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.20.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P8Z77-V v: Rev 1.xx
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
BIOS: American Megatrends v: 2104 date: 08/13/2013
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-3770K bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge
gen: core 3 level: v2 built: 2012-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6
model-id: 0x3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 0x21
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2774 min/max: 1600/4100 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
governor: performance cores: 1: 2774 2: 2774 3: 2774 4: 2774 5: 2774 6: 2774
7: 2774 8: 2774 bogomips: 57695
Flags-basic: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel IvyBridge GT2 [HD Graphics 4000] vendor: ASUSTeK P8 series
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-7 process: Intel 22nm built: 2012-13 ports:
active: none empty: DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3, HDMI-A-4, VGA-1
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0162 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 580.105.08 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
non-free: 550-580.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-08; EOL~2026-12-xx)
arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie:
gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 02:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:2182 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.20 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
unloaded: nouveau alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: crocus
gpu: nv_platform,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: Samsung S24C450 serial: <filter> built: 2013
res: mode: 1920x1200 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2
size: 518x324mm (20.39x12.76") diag: 611mm (24.1") ratio: 16:10 modes:
max: 1920x1200 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: crocus device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: crocus
surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
inactive: device-2
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.2 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 580.105.08
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 5.86 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.328 layers: 14 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti driver: nvidia v: 580.105.08 device-ID: 10de:2182
surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel HD Graphics 4000
(IVB GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 25.2.7-arch1.1 device-ID: 8086:0162
surfaces: N/A device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 21.1.5 256 bits)
driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.2.7-arch1.1 (LLVM 21.1.5)
device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: corectrl,nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA TU116 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 02:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:1aeb class-ID: 0403
Device-3: JMTek LLC. CMTECK driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 2-4:3
chip-ID: 0c76:165f class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.17.8-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82579V Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK P8P67 Deluxe
driver: e1000e v: kernel port: f080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1503
class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: ath9k v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0032 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp7s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth 5.1 Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 4-1.3:3
chip-ID: 0bda:a725 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 6 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1
lmp-v: 10 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.73 TiB used: 594.72 GiB (21.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: PNY model: CS900 1TB SSD
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 06B5 scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: Backup+ Hub BK
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 3.1
spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: D781 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 897.38 GiB size: 897.38 GiB (100.00%)
used: 43.73 GiB (4.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-2: /home raw-size: 897.38 GiB size: 897.38 GiB (100.00%)
used: 43.73 GiB (4.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 897.38 GiB size: 897.38 GiB (100.00%)
used: 43.73 GiB (4.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 897.38 GiB size: 897.38 GiB (100.00%)
used: 43.73 GiB (4.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.03 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 34.13 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 33.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 31.03 GiB used: 3.53 GiB (11.4%)
Processes: 318 Power: uptime: 1h 10m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 2 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.37 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 258 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1856 libs: 506 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
clang: 21.1.6 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.3 default: fish v: 4.2.1
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.39
Garuda (2.11.1-1):
System install date: 2025-11-15
Garuda release: 251002
Last full system update: 2025-11-23
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-utils nvidia-open-dkms garuda-hardware-profile-nvidia garuda-hardware-profile-standard garuda-hardware-profile-standard-x11
Windows dual boot: <superuser required>
Failed units:
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UPDATE : I can confirm even after several sessions of shutdown and power up, sleep still works but hibernate is still acting like shutdown. Boot times are still unaffected (consistent). So some config/step is missing along the hibernate process (most probably & highly likely the system isn’t saving memory items to the swap file image residing in the SSD before it engages the shutdown process for hibernation).