Please don't use HTML. Perhaps you get this error regarding to an outdated GRUB configuration in /etc/default/grub? GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="resume=/dev/<foo> quiet" It would be wise to post your /etc/fstab. The kernel from the repos doesn't need a swap with the label "swap_1" ;). Did you try to hibernate without a swap? http://wiki.debian.org/Hibernation/Hibernate_Without_Swap_Partition