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Download the <ulink url="http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/quirk/quirk-suspend-debug.html"> Quirk Checker script</ulink> to your Home folder.

Follow the suggestions that the script makes. These may involve editing important system files, so you should seek support if you are unsure of what you are doing.

Find the <filename>quirk-checker.sh</filename> file in your Home folder, right-click it and select <guilabel>Properties</guilabel>. Select the <guilabel>Permissions</guilabel> tab, check <guilabel>Allow executing file as program</guilabel> and click <guibutton>Close</guibutton>.

Before making the changes recommended by the Quirk Checker, create back-up copies of the files that you are going to change.

Open a Terminal (<menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Accessories</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Terminal</guimenuitem></menuchoice>), type <userinput>./quirk-checker.sh</userinput> and press <keycap>Enter</keycap>.

You may be able to get suspend and hibernate working on your computer, but this can involve a lot of work. The method below should work for many computers. If it does not work for yours, please seek support using one of the many help and support channels for Ubuntu.

If you suffer from any of these problems, you should report a bug to <ulink url="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug">Launchpad</ulink>. The problems will hopefully be fixed in a subsequent version of Ubuntu. You may also like to see if the <link linkend="pm-general-method">General method for trying to get suspend and hibernate working</link> works for you.

General method for trying to get suspend and hibernate working

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Ubuntu normally configures your hardware automatically, but there may be occasions when you need to make changes to hardware settings yourself. This section provides information on tools which can be used to configure your hardware.

Proprietary drivers

Some devices attached to your computer may need proprietary drivers to be installed in order to work properly.

Why are some drivers proprietary?

Proprietary drivers are drivers for your hardware which are not freely available or open-source.

Most of the devices (hardware) attached to your computer should function properly in Ubuntu. These devices are likely to have <emphasis>free</emphasis> drivers, which means that the drivers can be modified by the Ubuntu developers and problems with them can be fixed.

Some hardware does not have free drivers, usually because the hardware manufacturer has not released details of their hardware which would make it possible to create such a driver. These devices may have limited functionality or may not work at all.

If a <emphasis>proprietary driver</emphasis> is available for a certain device, you can install it in order to allow your device to function properly, or to add new features. For example, installing a proprietary driver for certain graphics cards may allow you to use more advanced <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:desktop-effects">visual effects</ulink>.

Some computers may not have any devices which can use proprietary drivers, either because all of the devices are fully supported by free drivers or because no proprietary drivers are yet available for the device.

Proprietary drivers are often maintained by the hardware manufacturer, and so cannot be modified by Ubuntu developers if there is a problem.

Enabling a proprietary driver

To use a proprietary driver for a device:

Press <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guisubmenu>Administration</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Hardware Drivers</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.

Find the driver which you would like to enable and read the description.

Press <guibutton>Activate</guibutton> to enable the driver. You may be asked to enter your password.

The proprietary driver may have to be downloaded and installed.

You may need to restart your computer to finish enabling the driver.

Disabling a proprietary driver

If a proprietary driver is causing problems, or you would just like to turn it off, follow the procedure below:

Find the driver which you would like to disable and read the description.

Press <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> to disable the driver and continue using a free driver, if available. You may be asked to enter your password.

You may need to restart your computer to finish disabling the driver.

This section provides instructions on how to handle disks and drives, such as removable hard disks.

Alternatively, click <menuchoice><guimenu>Places</guimenu><guimenuitem>Computer</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, right-click a hard disk, click <guilabel>Properties</guilabel> and select the <guilabel>Basic</guilabel> tab to see a summary of the disk space currently available on that disk.

For a more accurate analysis of your filesystem, press <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Accessories</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Disk Usage Analyzer</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to start the <application>Disk Usage Analyzer</application>.

Press <guibutton>Scan Home</guibutton> to scan your home directory, or press <guibutton>Scan Filesystem</guibutton> to scan the whole filesystem.

See the <ulink url="ghelp:baobab" type="help">Disk Usage Analyzer Manual</ulink> for more information.

Remove software packages that you no longer use. See <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:add-applications#removing"> Add/Remove Applications</ulink> for information on removing packages.

Delete files that you no longer need. You can use the Disk Usage Analyzer (<menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Accessories</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Disk Usage Analyzer</guimenuitem></menuchoice>) to find which files are taking up the most space. Be careful not to delete files that you still need!

Select the files and folders that you want to compress, right-click one of them and select <guilabel>Create Archive</guilabel>.

Press <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guisubmenu>Administration </guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Partition Editor</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.

To resize the partition choose <guilabel>Resize/Move</guilabel>. The dialog <guilabel>Resize/Move</guilabel> will be shown. You can use the <guilabel>Free Space Following (MiB)</guilabel> box to choose how much space to free after this partition, or <guilabel>Free Space Preceding (MiB)</guilabel> to free space before this partition. Alternatively you can use the slider to adjust the partition size.

To create a new partition inside an already partitioned device, you must first resize an existing partition. If you already have free space, skip to <xref linkend="creating-new-partition"/>; otherwise, follow the instructions below: <placeholder-1/>

You can use <application>GNOME Partition Editor</application> to format disk partitions (see <xref linkend="partitioning-device"/> for more information on <application>GNOME Partition Editor</application>).

Select the partition you want to format and choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Partition</guimenu><guimenuitem>Format to</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and select from the list the type of filesystem to format the partition to.

The operation of formatting a hard disk or partition is when a specific data-storage format is applied to that device; this format is the <quote>filesystem</quote>.