No, did you install zram-generator with zypper?
@panorain The BIOSRenamer is an .exe so not usable in linux.
When I downloaded and extracted the file I manually renamed it and copied it to a fat32 formatted usb stick. One of the instruction I read was to turn off the system, insert the usb stick in the usb drive intended for flashing the bios then press the flash bios button etcā¦ and it says flash it with just the mobo and the cpu if I remember it right.
Oh my bad. I didnāt.
@malcolmlewis
So is this the error?
# systemctl enable --now systemd-zram-setup@zram0.service
The unit files have no installation config (WantedBy=, RequiredBy=, UpheldBy=,
Also=, or Alias= settings in the [Install] section, and DefaultInstance= for
template units). This means they are not meant to be enabled or disabled using systemctl.
Possible reasons for having these kinds of units are:
ā¢ A unit may be statically enabled by being symlinked from another unit's
.wants/, .requires/, or .upholds/ directory.
ā¢ A unit's purpose may be to act as a helper for some other unit which has
a requirement dependency on it.
ā¢ A unit may be started when needed via activation (socket, path, timer,
D-Bus, udev, scripted systemctl call, ...).
ā¢ In case of template units, the unit is meant to be enabled with some
@conram yup, so now if you run free -h you should see zram in use for swap and also in the output of lsblk -f
free -h
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 31Gi 2.2Gi 27Gi 86Mi 1.7Gi 28Gi
Swap: 15Gi 0B 15Gi
zram0
swap 1 zram0 5522cd17-065b-4822-b3ad-f4a4ebd594c6
@conram So does it suspend and resume now? Is that swap good enough for your image processing?
I just tried it. Still no go. I guess have to try the bios update tomorrow.
Thanks for helping really appreciate the time and effort you put up to help me.
I am still open to more ideas. Itās like my signature in the old form
If you don't break things first, you will never learn anything :grinning:
Sounds like a plan. What about Blender how is that performing?
Some additional thoughts:
Please see archlinux forums Post #46 Black screen after resuming from sleep (Page 2) / Newbie Corner / Arch Linux Forums
on down to the last post #71
They are discussing the mt7921e chipset, it this on your board?
Disable the systemd bluetooth service:
# systemctl bluetooth disable
Check logs as malcolmlewis suggested
-Thanks
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Got busy today composting leaves in my garden. @malcolmlewis I think there is some
effect on the cpu using the zram. In blender when trying to render even using gpu the cpu temp. shoot up to 90 degrees in a few seconds, with my previous swap from HDD, CPU is only around 40-50 degrees while using the GPU to render. How do I revert back or take out the zram?
I flash the bios this evening to the latest with the date of 09-20-2025 bios rev 3287.
I check it and it was all good. I use the usb to flash the bios using the flash bios button at the rear end of the mobo (io). I rebooted the machine but unfurtunately still no go.
My guess is it doesnāt play well with the latest kernel in tumbleweed because in the older tumbleweed with kernel 6.12.6-1 suspend works but waking up the monitor is no longer detected.
@conram Not unusual, because CPU and iGPU share the same dieā¦ Is it using the discrete card?
How much RAM and swap is being consumed?
All you have to do is stop the systemd-zram-setup@zram0.serviceand disable, I would leave in case you want to useā¦
The just remove the comment from /etc/fstab the run swapon -a should suffice to switch back.
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@malcolmlewis Thanks. I didnāt checked how much RAM I just got alarmed when I saw the rise in temperature so I halted the blender render.
It is now getting weirder. A few minutes ago I installed the nvidia driver NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-508.105.08.run As soon as the driver installation started the monitor turned blank and have to blindedly press the return key. The installation of the driver was successful but I always reject the installation of 32bit compatibility and I didnāt have the visual to reject it.
On the side, I still have one much older tumbleweed on a spare SSD. I will try to boot it using the sata to usb connection and see what happens.
@ malcolmlewis So I booted the old tumbleweed with kernel 6.6.3-1
and bingo suspend to ram works like a charm.
That is the old tumbleweed I booted from the usb drive
@conram so a regressionā¦
Yes, itās best to switch to a tty, then switch to multi-user systemctl isolate multi-user.target to avoid a blank screenā¦
I use command line options with the run file, for example (itās a script);
#!/usr/bin/bash
if (( $# != 1 )); then
echo "Usage: $0 <RUN_VERSION>" >&2
exit 1
fi
RUN_VERSION=$1
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-$RUN_VERSION.run \
--ui=none \
--no-questions \
--accept-license \
--disable-nouveau \
--no-install-libglvnd \
--no-cc-version-check
There are more you can addā¦
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Thanks, I will do this next time when I install a new driver.
Good news!!!
The latest tumbleweed dup today made the suspend to RAM worked .kernel6.17.8--1
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A Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX550 worked flawlessly with the i7-6700K. For the time being it sits on the shelf.
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