I just now realized after clicking on System Monitor, I have no swap. I thought when I installed I saw it there initially. Hmmm. System is running great. Is this something I should fix?
I can’t verify on my system (I’m running GNOME 3 right now), but I don’t think the system monitor shows swap on the file system tab. Take a look on the resources tab, it should be there next to memory in the memory and swap history section. You can also see it from the command line:
unamanic@legolas:~> sudo /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sda
root's password:
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x71bb6bfa
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2048 616447 307200 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 616448 302432255 150907904 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 * 302432256 363872255 30720000 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 363872256 625141759 130634752 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 363874304 380651519 8388608 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 380653568 625141759 122244096 83 Linux
unamanic@legolas:~> free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 3844208 1758692 2085516 0 64364 917844
-/+ buffers/cache: 776484 3067724
Swap: 8388604 0 8388604
OK Thank you! You are correct. Here is is:
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xb535244a
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2048 409599 203776 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 409600 205407089 102498745 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 * 205408256 976560127 385575936 f W95 Ext’d (LBA)
/dev/sda4 976560128 976771119 105496 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda5 205410304 209616895 2103296 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 209618944 251561983 20971520 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 251564032 976560127 362498048 83 Linux
Thanks Again!!
The GNOME System Monitor does not appear to show SWAP files and really they are only usable by the system. I suggest you run:
YaST / System / Partitioner / Press OK to the Warning. You should see any SWAP partitions shown in the default display (Available Storage on your.computer.name) on the Right.
Thank You,
It doesn't show in the file system tab like in your suse paste but if you look at your resource tab it clearly shows SWAP, percent in use and total size. You can even use preference to change the line colors.
Great Replies. Thank you to all!
Open a terminal, and type the command:
free
That will tell you how much swap is configured and how much is in use.
I currently see:
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 1988928 1922640 66288 0 203284 914968
-/+ buffers/cache: 804388 1184540
Swap: 10482408 3356 10479052
sudo -i swapon -s
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> System is running great. Is this something I should fix?
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