Yeah, vmstat shows me procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ------cpu----- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa st 0 1 423424 43348 16380 212828 0 0 6 6 3 2 8 1 92 0 0
Do you have the sw field in your fstab? /var/swap2 none swap sw 0 0 By the fsstab man page it's the type of the file system. Or maybe not. The last 2 numbers have to do with dump/restore and fsck. On 9/14/18, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > On Friday 14 September 2018 21:39:02 Alan Corey wrote: > >> I don't know about that, I think it's the same in the BSDs and they >> don't have udev. It's maybe more memory than file. >> >> vmstat should show it, and I think there's a swapctl, but those are >> optionally installed things. >> > vmstat seems to be installed, but the system is inactive except > for a pair of ssh -Y logins from me. It reports: > $ vmstat > procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- > ------cpu----- > r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id > wa st > 2 0 0 605904 34156 172824 0 0 14 0 723 539 0 5 94 > 0 0 > > This in spite of htop saying theres 999 megs of swap available. So the > above > needs a good manpage read to decode it. The 0 0 bothers me. Its supposed to > take an optional delay 10 for and infinite number of updates at 10 second > intervals, but barfs of the delay keyword. Lotta help that is. > > swapctl can't be found. > pi@picnc:~ $ sudo apt install swapctl > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > E: Unable to locate package swapctl > >> If you use Firefox you probably need it: >> KiB Mem : 949444 total, 30988 free, 678588 used, 239868 >> buff/cache KiB Swap: 4538548 total, 4113588 free, 424960 used. >> 248532 avail Mem after 6 days of uptime > > firefox is not installed. > >> On 9/14/18, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Friday 14 September 2018 20:56:28 Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> On Friday 14 September 2018 20:16:32 Alan Corey wrote: >> >> > My /etc/fstab just has >> >> > /var/swap2 none swap sw 0 0 >> >> > That's for a swap file which was made by dding 0s into it, then >> >> > running mkswap. >> >> > >> >> > You'd replace /var/swap2 with /dev/sda2 > > I just nuked the swapfile in /var. We'll see what amanda does to > the swap in the morning. ;-) > >> >> > Sounds like you're just not loading it from your fstab. Should >> >> > load every boot. Nothing new or tricky there. >> >> >> >> I found an error in the line above that in fstab, # it out. >> >> Using htop as a swap monitor I can make the swap come and go. >> >> >> >> Heres the fstab now: >> >> >> >> proc /proc proc defaults >> >> 0 0 PARTUUID=4fb6ef8f-01 /boot vfat >> >> defaults 0 2 PARTUUID=4fb6ef8f-02 / >> >> ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1 # but lets see if a swap can >> >> be made to work >> >> PARTUUID="000ba889-02" none swap >> >> defaults,nofail 0 0 #/dev/sda2 none swap sw,nofail >> >> # a swapfile is not a swap partition, no line here >> >> # use dphys-swapfile swap[on|off] for that >> >> LABEL=bootpi /media/boot vfat defaults >> >> 0 2 LABEL=workpi1 /media/slash ext4 >> >> defaults,noatime 0 1 LABEL=backuppi /media/backupsd >> >> ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1 LABEL=workpi120 >> >> /media/work ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1 >> >> >> >> But it doesn't show in a mount, nor does it show in a cat >> >> /etc/mtab: >> >> >> >> /dev/root / ext4 rw,noatime,data=ordered 0 0 >> >> devtmpfs /dev devtmpfs >> >> rw,relatime,size=468264k,nr_inodes=117066,mode=755 0 0 sysfs /sys >> >> sysfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0 >> >> proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0 >> >> tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0 >> >> devpts /dev/pts devpts >> >> rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000 0 0 tmpfs >> >> /run tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,mode=755 0 0 >> >> tmpfs /run/lock tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=5120k 0 >> >> 0 tmpfs /sys/fs/cgroup tmpfs ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755 0 0 >> >> cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd cgroup >> >> rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,release_agent=/lib/systemd/sy >> >>ste md-cgroups-agent,name=systemd 0 0 cgroup >> >> /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct cgroup >> >> rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpu,cpuacct 0 0 cgroup >> >> /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio 0 >> >> 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/memory cgroup >> >> rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory 0 0 cgroup >> >> /sys/fs/cgroup/devices cgroup >> >> rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices 0 0 cgroup >> >> /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer cgroup >> >> rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer 0 0 cgroup >> >> /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls cgroup >> >> rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls 0 0 tmpfs /etc/machine-id >> >> tmpfs ro,mode=755 0 0 >> >> systemd-1 /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc autofs >> >> rw,relatime,fd=22,pgrp=1,timeout=300,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct 0 >> >> 0 debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw,relatime 0 0 >> >> mqueue /dev/mqueue mqueue rw,relatime 0 0 >> >> configfs /sys/kernel/config configfs rw,relatime 0 0 >> >> fusectl /sys/fs/fuse/connections fusectl rw,relatime 0 0 >> >> /dev/mmcblk0p1 /boot vfat >> >> rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shor >> >>tna me=mixed,errors=remount-ro 0 0 /dev/sda1 /media/boot vfat >> >> rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shor >> >>tna me=mixed,errors=remount-ro 0 0 /dev/sdb1 /media/backupsd ext4 >> >> rw,noatime,data=ordered 0 0 >> >> /dev/sda3 /media/slash ext4 rw,noatime,stripe=8191,data=ordered 0 0 >> >> /dev/sdb2 /media/work ext4 rw,noatime,data=ordered 0 0 >> >> tmpfs /run/user/1000 tmpfs >> >> rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=94520k,mode=700,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0 >> >> gvfsd-fuse /run/user/1000/gvfs fuse.gvfsd-fuse >> >> rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1000 0 0 >> >> >> >> Which seems to be way too complex, but htop says its there. But I >> >> did a swapoff -a then a sudo mkswap .dev/sda2 which reported: >> >> pi@picnc:~ $ sudo mkswap /dev/sda2 >> >> mkswap: /dev/sda2: warning: wiping old swap signature. >> >> Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 10239996 KiB >> >> no label, UUID=7b06d9bc-18f2-4c25-957d-f426141664b3 >> >> >> >> So I copied that UUID into /etc/fstab, making this line: >> >> UUID=7b06d9bc-18f2-4c25-957d-f426141664b3 swap defaults,nofail >> >> 0 0 But now its not working at all. What did I screw up? >> >> >> >> I rebooted, and its found a 99meg swapfile, probably on the 32GB >> >> u-sd, but not /dev/sda2 ??? >> >> >> >> Call me puzzled. >> > >> > Got it, mount point was supposed to be none. So swapon is working. >> > Now, I presume whatever handles this at boot is in /lib/udev.d? >> > I'll go snoop in there. >> > >> > Thanks Alan >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Cheers, Gene Heskett >> > -- >> > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: >> > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." >> > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) >> > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > > -- > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > -- ------------- No, I won't call it "climate change", do you have a "reality problem"? - AB1JX Cities are cages built to contain excess people and keep them from cluttering up nature. Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach
