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I am working on Debian Stable Linux with XFCE desktop, which is otherwise working very well.

I find that when I click "Log Out" button on XFCE main menu, it usually shows me following 7 options:

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However, at other times, only 5 options are shown:

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Options "Hibernate" and "Hybrid Sleep" are not coming.

It seems to occur randomly and I am not able to connect this with any application or activity on the system.

Where is the problem and how can it be solved?

Edit1: Following is output of 'free -m' command showing memory and swap in megabytes:

$ free -m 
               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:            3830         765        1839         229        1224        2610
Swap:           7950           0        7950

Edit2: I also have Windows-7 on this system (dual boot) and I sometimes run it. Can that have an effect?

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  • Ubuntu works the same way and what you get depends on what you start with (Logout, Restart or Shut down). I just use the function carefully in Ubuntu and rarely have an issue.
    – anon
    Commented Jan 18, 2023 at 1:01
  • Ubuntu is based on Debian and function is similar.
    – rnso
    Commented Jan 18, 2023 at 12:54

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"Hibernate" is most likely not shown when your current RAM+swap usage is too high, so the hibernation image (which is the compressed RAM contents) could not fit into the allocated swap space. Check the memory usage using something like htop.

"Hybrid Sleep" is based on hibernation, so it would be not shown for the same reason.

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  • I suppose available / unoccupied swap space is a better way to put it. (That is, allocated swap space minus swap space in use.)
    – Tom Yan
    Commented Jan 18, 2023 at 8:18
  • I have added output of free -m command in my question. Lot of memory and swap space is available. Does this fit with your answer?
    – rnso
    Commented Jan 18, 2023 at 12:57
  • @rnso Was the screenshot taken when only 5 buttons appeared?
    – gronostaj
    Commented Jan 18, 2023 at 13:46
  • After above command output 7 buttons appeared.
    – rnso
    Commented Jan 18, 2023 at 16:25
  • I also have Windows-7 on this system (dual boot) and I sometimes run it. Can that have an effect?
    – rnso
    Commented Jan 18, 2023 at 16:26

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