I was getting the same error, but now I have "a" form of hibernate working.
Here's what I did. sudo apt-get install hibernate Then edit "/etc/acpi/hibernate.sh" add on the second line put: exec /usr/sbin/hibernate Now hibernate works. -- HAL failed to hibernate https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/68258 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs