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Unable to activate swap [SOLVED]
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 3:40 pm
by Duocatti
Hello friends. How to activate swap partition?
I typed swapon in terminal it gave me this code below:
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NAME TYPE SIZE USED PRIO
/dev/dm-0 partition 7.8G 0B -2
I also tried Gparted when I wright click on swap partition and hit swapon it gives me the error windows show in the picture below:
https://i.imgur.com/WIfHslb.jpg
Re: Unable to activate swap
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 4:42 pm
by zcot
swap is already activated automatically when you boot.
The output you show from swapon does show that there is this 7.8G partition active.
Re: Unable to activate swap
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 4:53 pm
by oldgranola
Need to add a little more information. What is the scenario? Are you newly installing LM ? If so, having an active swap will be on by default unless you choose not to. What steps are you taking?
Manually creating a swap partition is as follows:
Turn off the existing swap space if needed. Create a new swap partition of the desired size.Reread the partition table. Configure the partition as swap space.Add the new partition/etc/fstab.Turn on swap.
Here is an overview:
https://opensource.com/article/18/9/swa ... ux-systems
Re: Unable to activate swap
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 5:02 pm
by Duocatti
zcot wrote: ⤴Thu May 14, 2020 4:42 pm
swap is already activated automatically when you boot.
The output you show from swapon does show that there is this 7.8G partition active.
Thanks. just curious, is there a way to see if the swap is being used? the code above always shows USED 0B is it normal? Thanks again for the help
Re: Unable to activate swap
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 5:13 pm
by Duocatti
oldgranola wrote: ⤴Thu May 14, 2020 4:53 pm
Need to add a little more information. What is the scenario? Are you newly installing LM ? If so, having an active swap will be on by default unless you choose not to. What steps are you taking?
Manually creating a swap partition is as follows:
Turn off the existing swap space if needed. Create a new swap partition of the desired size.Reread the partition table. Configure the partition as swap space.Add the new partition/etc/fstab.Turn on swap.
Here is an overview:
https://opensource.com/article/18/9/swa ... ux-systems
Thanks, yes it's newly installed LM I didn't change anything,. my steps on new HDD. 1: created efi partition. 2: create swap partition. 3: created root partition.
Re: Unable to activate swap
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 5:21 pm
by DAMIEN1307
Has anyone here considered two possible questions to ask ?...New download, YES, But is it a new 19.xx series or an older series LM ???...Is the OPs LM version the 19.xx series with a "swap file" built in and did he then add a "swap partition" on top of this resulting in a conflict ??? Or is the OP operating an earlier version of LM that makes its own "swap partition" upon installation without the newer versions "swap file" ???...just asking...DAMIEN
PS in other words Did you create a swap partition during the initial install of LM19.3 which already comes with a swap "file" (doesnt show a partition since it is an actual file instead), or did you add the partition because you didnt see a swap partition in a LM 19.3 ???
Re: Unable to activate swap
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 6:02 pm
by Duocatti
DAMIEN1307 wrote: ⤴Thu May 14, 2020 5:21 pm
Has anyone here considered two possible questions to ask ?...New download, YES, But is it a new 19.xx series or an older series LM ???...Is the OPs LM version the 19.xx series with a "swap file" built in and did he then add a "swap partition" on top of this resulting in a conflict ??? Or is the OP operating an earlier version of LM that makes its own "swap partition" upon installation without the newer versions "swap file" ???...just asking...DAMIEN
PS in other words Did you create a swap partition during the initial install of LM19.3 which already comes with a swap "file" (doesnt show a partition since it is an actual file instead), or did you add the partition because you didnt see a swap partition in a LM 19.3 ???
Thanks for help DAMIEN. Here's what I exactly did. 1; downloaded Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon. 2; burn it on usb. 3; run to installation. 4; manually partitioning the new hdd. 5; created efi patition. 6; create swap partition. 7; create root partition. 8; selected efi partition for grub and proceeded to install. after installation finished I downloaded Gparted for the purpose of to format the remaining 177GB on the hdd but before I checked to see if swap is running when I wright clicked on the swap partition I saw the option 'swapon' when I clicked it the error window appeared as showed above. so I opened the terminal and typed 'swapon' and the results showed above but I had no idea whether if it's running or not.... Sorry for my terrible English
Re: Unable to activate swap [SOLVED]
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 6:41 pm
by DAMIEN1307
19.3 has its own built in swap file, not a swap partition, im not totally sure but someone more knowledgeable than i should be able to tell you if they will conflict with each other if thats the case.
I would remove the "solved" from your posting for now so that someone else who may know will not ignore the post and answer if there will be a conflict because of having a swap file as well as a swap partition...DAMIEN
Re: Unable to activate swap
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 10:41 pm
by zcot
Duocatti wrote: ⤴Thu May 14, 2020 6:02 pm
Here's what I exactly did. 1; downloaded Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon. 2; burn it on usb. 3; run to installation. 4; manually partitioning the new hdd. 5; created efi patition. 6; create swap partition. 7; create root partition. 8; selected efi partition for grub and proceeded to install.
You skipped mentioned what happened with encryption. Either "full disk", or "encrypt home". Something happened there because swap is showing as /dev/dm-0.
The swap setup will show any important swap info in the
/etc/fstab file.
And with encryption it will show more info in the
/etc/crypttab file.
You can see the various mounting info using:
lsblk -f
You should show us the info.
Also to add clarity. If you do an encrypted setup then set a non-encrypted swap then that's not a good functional encryption scheme. You
CAN use multiple swap containers without a problem if you set it up that way.
"0B swap used" might be normal, that only means that you haven't used enough ram to warrant swap coming into action. if you want to test if it is working then open a bunch of tabs in the browser, fire up multiple VM's, and open some other stuff too.
Re: Unable to activate swap
Posted: Fri May 15, 2020 10:23 am
by Duocatti
zcot wrote: ⤴Thu May 14, 2020 10:41 pm
Duocatti wrote: ⤴Thu May 14, 2020 6:02 pm
Here's what I exactly did. 1; downloaded Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon. 2; burn it on usb. 3; run to installation. 4; manually partitioning the new hdd. 5; created efi patition. 6; create swap partition. 7; create root partition. 8; selected efi partition for grub and proceeded to install.
You skipped mentioned what happened with encryption. Either "full disk", or "encrypt home". Something happened there because swap is showing as /dev/dm-0.
The swap setup will show any important swap info in the
/etc/fstab file.
And with encryption it will show more info in the
/etc/crypttab file.
You can see the various mounting info using:
lsblk -f
You should show us the info.
Also to add clarity. If you do an encrypted setup then set a non-encrypted swap then that's not a good functional encryption scheme. You
CAN use multiple swap containers without a problem if you set it up that way.
"0B swap used" might be normal, that only means that you haven't used enough ram to warrant swap coming into action. if you want to test if it is working then open a bunch of tabs in the browser, fire up multiple VM's, and open some other stuff too.
Thanks for details. Yes at installation I checked encryp only home.
In the /etc folder there are both fstab and crypttab files.
lsblk -f shows;
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NAME FSTYPE LABEL UUID MOUNTPOINT
sda
├─sda1 vfat 4374-82B6 /boot/efi
├─sda2 swap 21a29c00-6c6d-56b4-ae96-bcb159c17dc3
│ └─cryptswap1
│ swap f660fa2c-7f56-47fa-8aa5-58f2r9b0c4t6 [SWAP]
├─sda3 ext4 e52cb969-2070-27b5-bdff-62c9hf4e75f9 /
└─sda4 vfat 016B-75F6 /media/kakê/016B-75F6
should I change anything for swap? everything is still running on its defaults. I mean is the my system running ok with the default settings? Thanks again for help
Re: Unable to activate swap
Posted: Fri May 15, 2020 7:47 pm
by zcot
Duocatti wrote: ⤴Fri May 15, 2020 10:23 am
I mean is the my system running ok with the default settings?
We want to see the contents of fstab and crypttab also.
cat /etc/fstab
cat /etc/crypttab
or open them with the file manager option.
Also add the result of:
sudo dmsetup ls
Re: Unable to activate swap
Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 10:39 am
by Duocatti
zcot wrote: ⤴Fri May 15, 2020 7:47 pm
Duocatti wrote: ⤴Fri May 15, 2020 10:23 am
I mean is the my system running ok with the default settings?
We want to see the contents of fstab and crypttab also.
cat /etc/fstab
cat /etc/crypttab
or open them with the file manager option.
Also add the result of:
sudo dmsetup ls
Sorry for late reply. my account was disabled for few days by admin for some unknown reason I wasn't able to login to my account to reply. anywas. I was able to fix this issue by removing the OS completely and wiping the disk and reinstalling the OS but this time I didn't create swap partition and didn't encrypt home.
Results of 'swapon' shows;
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NAME TYPE SIZE USED PRIO
/dev/dm-0 partition 923,5M 0B -2
which it can confirm that there's already a swapfile built in the system as @DAMIEN stated above^.
Thanks all guys for the help cheers
